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Cortney E Heim1, Mark L Hanke, Tammy Kielian.
Abstract
Biofilms are adherent communities of bacteria contained within a complex matrix. Staphylococcal species are frequent etiological agents of device-associated biofilm infections in humans that are highly recalcitrant to antimicrobial therapy and alter host immune responses to facilitate bacterial persistence. Here we describe a mouse model of catheter-associated biofilm infection, which can be utilized to investigate the importance of various staphylococcal determinants on disease progression as well as the host immune response to staphylococcal biofilms.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24222467 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-736-5_17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745