Catheterization

Experimental Therapeutics
Slow Release of Nitric Oxide from Charged Catheters and Its Effect on Biofilm Formation by Escherichia coli
Gilly Regev-Shoshani, Mary Ko, Chris Miller, Yossef Av-Gay
Experimental Therapeutics
Bacteriophage Cocktail for the Prevention of Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Catheters in an In Vitro Model System
Weiling Fu, Terri Forster, Oren Mayer, John J. Curtin, Susan M. Lehman, Rodney M. Donlan
Experimental Therapeutics
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: Catheter Colonization, esp Gene, and Decreased Susceptibility to Antibiotics in Biofilm
Issam I. Raad, Hend A. Hanna, Maha Boktour, Gassan Chaiban, Ray Y. Hachem, Tanya Dvorak, Russell Lewis, Barbara E. Murray
Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects
Lysostaphin-Coated Catheters Eradicate Staphylococccus aureus Challenge and Block Surface Colonization
Anjali Shah, James Mond, Scott Walsh
Susceptibility
In Vitro and Ex Vivo Activities of Minocycline and EDTA against Microorganisms Embedded in Biofilm on Catheter Surfaces
Issam Raad, Ioannis Chatzinikolaou, Gassan Chaiban, Hend Hanna, Ray Hachem, Tanya Dvorak, Guy Cook, William Costerton
Experimental Therapeutics
Antifungal Activity of Amphotericin B, Fluconazole, and Voriconazole in an In Vitro Model of Candida Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
Russell E. Lewis, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Rabih O. Darouiche, Issam I. Raad, Randall A. Prince
Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects
Antimicrobial Activity of a Novel Catheter Lock Solution
Chirag B. Shah, Marc W. Mittelman, J. W. Costerton, Stephen Parenteau, Michael Pelak, Richard Arsenault, Leonard A. Mermel
Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects
Lack of Catheter Infection by the efg1/efg1cph1/cph1 Double-Null Mutant, a Candida albicans Strain That Is Defective in Filamentous Growth
Russell E. Lewis, Hsiu-Jung Lo, Issam I. Raad, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis
Experimental Therapeutics
Efficacy of Minocycline and EDTA Lock Solution in Preventing Catheter-Related Bacteremia, Septic Phlebitis, and Endocarditis in Rabbits
Issam Raad, Ray Hachem, Robert K. Tcholakian, Robert Sherertz
Susceptibility
Activities of a Nitrofurazone-Containing Urinary Catheter and a Silver Hydrogel Catheter against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Characteristic of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection
James R. Johnson, Parissa Delavari, Miguel Azar