Low-dose infectivity of Staphylococcus aureus (SMH strain) in traumatized rat tibiae provides a model for studying early events in contaminated bone injuries.

Buxton, Thomas B

Low-dose infectivity of Staphylococcus aureus (SMH strain) in traumatized rat tibiae provides a model for studying early events in contaminated bone injuries. [electronic resource] - Comparative medicine Apr 2005 - 123-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1532-0820


Animals
Debridement--methods
Disease Models, Animal
Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
Fracture Healing--immunology
Fractures, Open--complications
Male
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Osteomyelitis--immunology
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Staphylococcal Infections--complications
Staphylococcus aureus--pathogenicity
Therapeutic Irrigation--methods
Tibia--microbiology
Tibial Fractures--complications
Wound Infection--immunology