{"id":466,"date":"2016-12-10T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/?p=466"},"modified":"2016-12-11T16:23:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T16:23:31","slug":"december-10-festive-catheters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/reech\/2016\/12\/10\/december-10-festive-catheters\/","title":{"rendered":"DECEMBER 10 &#8211; Festive catheters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This festive looking image is a composite looking through a crystalline biofilm showing individual <em>Proteus<\/em>\u00a0on the surface of a single struvite crystal and surrounded by diffuse apatite crystals and was imaged by\u00a0Dr Sandra Wilks.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra&#8217;s work forms part of an interdisciplinary research project\u00a0with Health Sciences to understand biofilm contamination of urinary catheters.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In long-term catheter users, approximately 50% will suffer encrustations and catheter blockage often due to the presence of the bacterium, <em>Proteus mirabilis<\/em>. \u00a0I am using advanced microscopy to improve our understanding of the complex crystalline biofilm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you would like to know more about this exciting study and other related research projects please visit \u00a0http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/ifls\/research\/ifls\/newpathwaystohealth\/biofilms.page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This festive looking image is a composite looking through a crystalline biofilm showing individual Proteus\u00a0on the surface of a single struvite crystal and surrounded by diffuse apatite crystals and was imaged by\u00a0Dr Sandra Wilks. 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