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カテコアミンイノトロプスによるStaphylococcus epidermidisの成長とバイオフィルム形成の刺激

Mark Lyte1, Primrose P E Freestone, Christopher P Neal

  • 1Department of Surgery, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis 55404, USA. lytex001@umn.edu

Lancet (London, England)
|January 18, 2003
PubMed
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ノルエピネフリンやドブタミンなどのイノトロピク剤は,医療機器の生体フィルム形成とStaphylococcus epidermidisの増殖を著しく増加させます. これは,鉄の吸収が増加したためであり,導管関連の感染症に寄与している可能性があります.

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