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Electron microscopic study of an infected Foley catheter.

J C Nickel, A G Gristina, J W Costerton.

Abstract

A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study was made of material from the surface of a Foley catheter removed from an 87-year-old woman with antibiotic-resistant bacteriuria. A thick, adherent bacterial biofilm was found. The sessile adherent bacteria were surrounded by an extensive exopolysaccharide glycocalyx that appears to be fundamental in the pathogenesis of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and their resistance to systemic antibiotic therapy.

Entities: Disease Species

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Year: 1985 PMID： 3971223

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Surg ISSN： 0008-428X Impact factor: 2.089

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Electron microscopic study of an infected Foley catheter.

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