Article
Influence of strain, biomaterial, proteins, and oncostatic chemotherapy on Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to intravascular catheters in vitro.
The Journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Jan 1996
Galliani S, Cremieux A, van der Auwera P, Viot M
Abstract excerpt
Initial adhesion of four phenotypically different strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to 16 silicone, polyurethane, or hydrophilic polyurethane catheters was assessed in vitro by a bacterial radiolabeling method. The effect of catheter exposure to plasma proteins, to an anticancer polychemother...
Topics
- Adsorption
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Blood Proteins
- Blood Vessels
- Catheterization
- Cyclophosphamide
- Doxorubicin
- Equipment Contamination
- Fluorouracil
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Polyurethanes
- Silicones
- Staphylococcus epidermidis
