Microbial Biofilms and Breast Tissue Expanders

Microbial Biofilms and Breast Tissue Expanders

We previously developed and validated a vortexing-sonication technique for detection of biofilm bacteria on the surface of explanted prosthetic joints. Herein, we evaluated this technique for diagnosis of infected breast tissue expanders and used it to assess colonization of breast tissue expanders....

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Main Authors: Melissa J. Karau, Kerryl E. Greenwood-Quaintance, Suzannah M. Schmidt, Nho V. Tran, Phyllis A. Convery, Steven R. Jacobson, Uldis Bite, Ricky P. Clay, Paul M. Petty, Craig H. Johnson, Jayawant Mandrekar, Robin Patel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/254940

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