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In vitro adherence and accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis RP 62 A and Staphylococcus epidermidis M7 on four different bone cements.
Langenbeck's archives of surgery - 1 Aug 2001
König D P, Schierholz J M, Hilgers R D, Bertram C, Perdreau-Remington F, Rütt J
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Bacterial resistance of Staphylococcus epidermidis, a serious pathogen of implant-related infections, to antibiotics is related to the production of a glycocalyx slime that impairs antibiotic access and the killing by host defense mechanisms. In vitro studies of different bone cements containing antibiotics, developed for the prevention of biomaterial-associated infection, could not always demonstrate complete...
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