Biofilm formation increases treatment failure in Staphylococcus epidermidis device-related osteomyelitis of the lower extremity in human patients.
Mario MorgensternVirginia PostChristoph ErichsenSven HungererVolker BührenMatthias MilitzRobert Geoffrey RichardsT Fintan MoriartyPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society (2016)
The trend of increasing biofilm-forming ability resulting in lower cure rates for S. epidermidis ODRI indicates biofilm-forming ability of infecting pathogens does influence treatment outcome of infections of the lower extremity. © 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:1905-1913, 2016.