Antibiotic Tolerance of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Biofilm in Periprosthetic Joint Infections and Antibiofilm Strategies

The need for bone and joint prostheses is currently growing due to population aging, leading to an increase in prosthetic joint infection cases. Biofilms represent an adaptive and quite common bacterial response to several stress factors which confer an important protection to bacteria. Biofilm form...

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Main Authors: Fabien Lamret, Marius Colin, Céline Mongaret, Sophie C. Gangloff, Fany Reffuveille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/9/547