MICROBIAL COLONIZATION OF PROSTHETIC DEVICES .3. ADHESION OF STAPHYLOCOCCI TO LUMINA OF INTRAVENOUS CATHETERS PERFUSED WITH BACTERIAL SUSPENSIONS

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 173  (5) , 300-307
Abstract
I.v. catheters, artificially infected with staphylococci by perfusion experiments, were investigated by scanning EM to demonstrate the mode of adhesion. The 1st step of bacterial attachment was evidently associated with the different irregularities of the inner surface of the catheter. With longer perfusion times an/or heavier inoculum cell adherence took place also in apparently smooth regions of the catheter lumen. The possible utilization of catheter material was discussed.

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