Bacterial adhesion and growth on a polym
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M. Reza Nejadnik; Henny C. van der Mei; Willem Norde; Henk J. Busscher
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Biomaterials-related infections pose serious problems in implant surgery, despite the development of non-adhesive coatings. Non-adhesive coatings, like polymer brush-coatings, have so far only been investigated with respect to preventing initial bacterial adhesion, but never with respect to effects