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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Infections from Cardiac Implants


10/24/2011 03:47 PM EDT

Illustration showing stages of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation on prosthetic heart valves.
New research suggests that some patients develop a potentially deadly blood infection from their implanted cardiac devices because bacterial cells in their bodies have gene mutations that allow them to stick to the devices.
Geoscientists were the major contributors to the finding.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the study results online this week.
"Geobiologists, key to these results, use atomic force microscopy to study the forces ...
More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122061&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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