In vitro antibiotic efficacy against staphylococci embedded in a biofilm involved in prosthetic joint infections: A MBEC problem?

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2015 Jan;45(1):90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 28.

Authors

S Corvec¹, G G Aubin²

Affiliations

¹ Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France; Université de Nantes, EA3826 Thérapeutiques cliniques et expérimentales des infections, Faculté de Médecine, F-44000 Nantes, France. Electronic address: stephane.corvec@chu-nantes.fr.
² Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, CHU de Nantes, Nantes, France; Université de Nantes, EA3826 Thérapeutiques cliniques et expérimentales des infections, Faculté de Médecine, F-44000 Nantes, France.

PMID: 25465522
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.10.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Biofilms / drug effects*
Humans
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus epidermidis / drug effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents