Vol. 31 Issue 9 | Sep 2008 | pp. 749 - 864

EDITORIAL
Still stuck in the slime

Carla Renata Arciola

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 749 - 751

Article Type: EDITORIAL
REVIEW
Bioelectric effect and bacterial biofilms. A systematic review

Jose L.. Del Pozo, M.S. Rouse, R. Patel

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 786 - 795

Article Type: REVIEW
The Alpha-like surface proteins: An example of an expanding family of adhesins

Roberta Creti, L. Baldassarri, Lucio Montanaro, Carla Renata Arciola

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 834 - 840

Article Type: REVIEW
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Biofilm formation is not necessary for development of quinolone-resistant “persister” cells in an attached Staphylococcus epidermidis population

Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, H. Von Osten, Matthias A. Horstkotte, H. Rohde, D. Mack

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 752 - 760

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Suppression of biofilm related, device-associated infections by staphylococcal quorum sensing inhibitors

M.D. Kiran, Andrea Giacometti, Oscar Cirioni, Naomi Balaban

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 761 - 770

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Nanostructured materials for inhibition of bacterial adhesion in orthopedic implants: A minireview

Lucio Montanaro, Davide Campoccia, Carla Renata Arciola

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 771 - 776

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Bioactive titanium implant surfaces with bacterial inhibition and osteoblast function enhancement properties

Z.L. Shi, P.H. Chua, K.G. Neoh, E.T. Kang, W. Wang

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 777 - 785

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
The extracellular polymer substance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Too slippery for neutrophils to migrate on?

Gertrud M. Hansch, G. Brenner-Weiss, B. Prior, C. Wagner, Ursula Obst

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 796 - 803

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Implant retention in infected joint replacements: A surgeon’s perspective

J.C. Theis

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 804 - 809

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Prevention of infections associated with vascular catheters

R.O. Darouiche

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 810 - 819

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Intra-catheter leukocyte culture to monitor hemodialysis catheter colonization. A prospective study to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections

J.L. Del Pozo, A. Aguinaga, N. Garcia-Fernandez, S. Hernaez, A. Serrera, M. Alonso, A. Ramos, F. Guillen-Grima, J. Leiva

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 820 - 826

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Catheter-related bacteremia in hemodialysis patients: The role of the central venous catheter in prevention and therapy

L. Troidle, F.O. Finkelstein

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 827 - 833

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
The selection of appropriate bacterial strains in preclinical evaluation of infection-resistant biomaterials

Davide Campoccia, Lucio Montanaro, Thomas F. Moriarty, R.G. Richards, Stefano Ravaioli, Carla Renata Arciola

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 841 - 847

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Photodynamic action of merocyanine 540 on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

Maria S. Sbarra, Antonella Di Poto, Carla Renata Arciola, Enrica Saino, M. Sharma, F. Bragheri, I. Cristiani, P. Speziale, Livia Visai

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 848 - 857

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Combating implant infections. Remarks by a women’s team

Carla Renata Arciola, Naomi Balaban, L. Baldassarri, K. Fromm, Gertrud M. Hansch, Ursula Obst, E. Presterl, S. Stefani, J. Verran, Livia Visai

Int J Artif Organs 2008; 31(9): 858 - 864

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Go back to top