In vivo evaluation of bacterial infection involving morphologically different surgical meshes.

OBJECTIVE: To study the influence of morphology of surgical meshes on the course of bacterial infection under the influence of the host immune system in an in vivo chronic bacterial infection model. BACKGROUND: The use of prosthetic meshes has increased dramatically the last decades in abdominal wa...

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Main Authors: Engelsman, A, Dam, v, van der Mei, H, Busscher, H, Ploeg, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010