A Mouse Model of Post-Arthroplasty Staphylococcus aureus Joint Infection to Evaluate In Vivo the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Implant Coatings - Bernthal, Nicholas M.; Stavrakis, Alexandra I.; Billi, Fabrizio; Cho, John S.; Kremen, Thomas J.; Simon, Scott I.; Cheung, Ambrose L.; Finerman, Gerald A.; Lieberman, Jay R.; Adams, John S.; Miller, Lloyd S. (PloS one, 2010)
Keywords: Animal behavior; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Arthroplasty; Arthroplasty - adverse effects; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; Biocompatibility; Biofilms; Bioluminescence; Biomedical materials; Chronic infection; Coating effects; Dermatology; Disease Models, Animal; Electron microscopy; Fluorescence; Health aspects; Health care; Hospitals; Humans; In vivo methods and tests; Infection; Infections; Infectious Diseases; Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobials and Drug Resistance; Infectious Diseases/Bacterial Infections; Joint diseases; Joint Diseases - drug therapy; Joint Diseases - microbiology; Joint Diseases - surgery; Joint replacement; Joint surgery; Joints - microbiology; Joints - surgery; Knee; Male; Medicine; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Minocycline; Minocycline - therapeutic use; Polymers; Postoperative Complications - drug therapy; Postoperative Complications - microbiology; Postoperative Complications - prevention & control; Prostheses; Prostheses and Implants; Quality; Rheumatology/Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Rifampin; Rifampin - therapeutic use; Scanning electron microscopy; Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control; Staphylococcal Infections - surgery; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Staphylococcus aureus - physiology; Staphylococcus aureus infections; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Staphylococcus infections; Studies; Surgery; Surgical implants; Transplants & implants; Los Angeles California; United States--US; California