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Investigation of microbial growth in vivo: evaluation of a novel in vivo chamber implant system.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Dec 1992
Arbuthnott J P, Arbuthnott E R, Arbuthnott A D, Pike W J, Cockayne A
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An intraperitoneal chamber implant system has been used to investigate the phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus growing in the rat and the effect of the antibiotic flucloxacillin on bacterial growth in vivo. Titanium chambers were implanted in the peritoneum: a period of 3-4 days equilibration allowed diffusion of host proteins into the chamber fluid prior to inoculation with bacteria. S. aureus inoculated into the...
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