Effect of Biofilms on Recalcitrance of Staphylococcal Joint Infection to Antibiotic Treatment

The pathogenesis of joint infections is not well understood. In particular, we do not know why these infections respond poorly to antibiotic treatment. Here we show that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of joint infections, forms exceptionally strong biofilmlike aggregates...

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Published in:J Infect Dis
Main Authors: Dastgheyb, Sana, Parvizi, Javad, Shapiro, Irving M., Hickok, Noreen J., Otto, Michael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Major Articles and Brief Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318921/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214518
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiu514
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