| Deposition of Host Matrix Proteins on Breast Implant Surfaces Facilitates Staphylococcus Epidermidis Biofilm Formation: In Vitro Analysis |
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Jennifer N Walker, PhD, Chloe L Pinkner, BA, Aaron J L Lynch, BS, Sarah Ortbal, Jerome S Pinkner, MS, Scott J Hultgren, PhD, Terence M Myckatyn, MD, FACS, FRCSC Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2020, Pages 281–295 Background: Staphylococcus epidermidis is a primary cause of breast implant-associated infection. S epidermidis possesses several virulence factors that enable it to bind both abiotic surfaces and host factors to form a biofilm. In addition S epidermidis colocalizes with matrix proteins coating explanted human breast implants. >> View on the Aesthetic Surgery Journal Website |
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Sharadkumar Dicksheet, MD
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Dr. Dicksheet was a selfless humanitarian and philanthropist living on social security. He continued to give his time and expertise by providing thousands of cleft lip surgeries to children in need in India. Dr. Dicksheet passed away November 14, 2011.
