Implant infections: adhesion, biofilm formation and immune evasion

Nature Reviews Microbiology - Tập 16 Số 7 - Trang 397-409 - 2018
Carla Renata Arciola1, Davide Campoccia1, Lucio Montanaro1
1Research Unit on Implant Infections, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

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