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Case Reports
. 1985 Jan;28(1):50-1, 54.

Electron microscopic study of an infected Foley catheter

J C Nickel, A G Gristina, J W Costerton
  • PMID: 3971223
Case Reports

Electron microscopic study of an infected Foley catheter

J C Nickel et al. Can J Surg. 1985 Jan.

Abstract

A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study was made of material from the surface of a Foley catheter removed from an 87-year-old woman with antibiotic-resistant bacteriuria. A thick, adherent bacterial biofilm was found. The sessile adherent bacteria were surrounded by an extensive exopolysaccharide glycocalyx that appears to be fundamental in the pathogenesis of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and their resistance to systemic antibiotic therapy.

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