Culture Negative Orthopedic Biofilm Infections

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ehrlich, Garth D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), DeMeo, Patrick J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Costerton, J. William (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Winkler, Heinz (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Springer Series on Biofilms, 7
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Bacteriology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.

During the recent transition between acute diseases caused by swarms of single planktonic bacteria, and chronic infections caused by bacteria growing in slime-enclosed biofilms, a general clinical consensus has emerged that pathologies with bacterial etiologies are frequently culture negative. Becau...

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