In vitro effect of synovial fluid from patients undergoing arthroplasty surgery on MRSA biofilm formation.

Narayan PantSteven C Wallis Jason Alexander RobertsDamon P Eisen

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2022)

Synovial fluid containing cefazolin inhibited biofilm- and planktonic-state MRSA cultures. This may explain the apparent effect of cefazolin in the prevention of MRSA PJI.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
biofilm formation
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
patients undergoing

pseudomonas aeruginosa
candida albicans
minimally invasive
escherichia coli

coronary artery bypass
magnetic resonance imaging
cystic fibrosis

diffusion weighted imaging
surgical site infection
percutaneous coronary intervention