An evaluation of the role of surface hydrophobicity and extracellular slime in the pathogenesis of foreign-body-related infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci

J Invest Surg. 1989;2(4):391-6. doi: 10.3109/08941938909018264.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Adhesion / drug effects
  • Catheterization / adverse effects
  • Clindamycin / pharmacology
  • Foreign Bodies / complications*
  • Humans
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial / physiology*
  • Prostheses and Implants*
  • Sepsis / etiology
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / etiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus / physiology*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Clindamycin