Foreign body infections due to Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_DA7152ACE551
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Synthèse (review): revue aussi complète que possible des connaissances sur un sujet, rédigée à partir de l'analyse exhaustive des travaux publiés.
Collection
Publications
Titre
Foreign body infections due to Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Périodique
Annals of Medicine
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Uçkay I., Pittet D., Vaudaux P., Sax H., Lew D., Waldvogel F.
ISSN
1365-2060[electronic]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Volume
41
Numéro
2
Pages
109-119
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Staphylococcal infections are one of the main causes of complications in patients with implanted foreign prosthetic material. Implants are associated with a significant reduction of the threshold at which contaminating Gram-positive bacteria, particularly Staphylococcus epidermidis, become infectious and develop a biofilm with phenotypic resistance to almost all antibiotics. A 1000-fold increase in minimal bactericidal levels against most antibiotics except rifampin has been repeatedly observed. Since only removal of the foreign material reverses these phenomena, the clinical challenge consists in finding approaches to cure the infection without removal of the implanted device. Rifampin combinations with other antibiotics, administration of exceedingly high antibiotic concentrations in situ, and early therapy before biofilm development are efficacious. Although these strategies have dramatically improved the outcome of foreign body infections, an improved understanding of biofilm-grown S. epidermidis is necessary to develop new antibacterial agents. Here, we review the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of implant infections due to S. epidermidis and highlight some new compounds with already promising in vitro results.
Mots-clé
Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Biofilms, Catheterization, Central Venous, Catheters, Indwelling, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Drug Therapy, Combination, Foreign Bodies, Humans, Joint Prosthesis, Prosthesis Failure, Prosthesis-Related Infections, Staphylococcal Infections, Staphylococcus epidermidis
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29/05/2009 12:50
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20/08/2019 15:59
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