Strategies for the control of catheter e
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D.J Stickler; A Evans; N Morris; G Hughes
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Two general strategies have been adopted to develop catheter materials that resist encrustaion by bacterial biofilms: (a) the incorporation of antimicrobial agents into the polymers and (b) the production of materials with surface properties which prevent the adherence of bacterial cells. Our experi