Isolation of the biofilm producing bacteria from osteomyelitis patients at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan

• Main Authors: Yaacob, Khairul Ikhwan, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Mohamed, Farahidah, Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/48689/1/1-Vol_11-4-MJM692-14_%28FINAL%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/48689/; http://mjm.usm.my/uploads/issues/526/1-Vol%2011-4-MJM692-14%20(FINAL).pdf

Aims: Accurate diagnosis and proper treatments of osteomyelitis are often difficult and ineffective due to several reasons such as less sensitive sample collected and the formation of biofilm following prosthetic use. Thus, our goal of this study is to identify suitable sample for laboratory diagn...