Inhibition of bacterial adhesion on PVC endotracheal tubes by RF-oxygen glow discharge, sodium hydroxide and silver nitrate treatments
Published inBiomaterials, vol. 25, no. 11, p. 2139-2151
Publication date2004
Abstract
Keywords
- Bacterial Adhesion/ drug effects
- Biofilms/drug effects/growth & development
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Coated Materials, Biocompatible/ chemical synthesis/pharmacology
- Cross Infection/etiology/prevention & control
- Equipment Contamination/ prevention & control
- Equipment Failure Analysis
- Hot Temperature
- Humans
- Intubation, Intratracheal/adverse effects/ instrumentation
- Polyvinyl Chloride/ chemistry
- Pseudomonas/ cytology/drug effects/physiology
- Pseudomonas Infections/etiology/prevention & control
- Radio Waves
- Silver/chemistry/ pharmacology
- Sodium Hydroxide/chemistry
- Surface Properties
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BALAZS, D. J. et al. Inhibition of bacterial adhesion on PVC endotracheal tubes by RF-oxygen glow discharge, sodium hydroxide and silver nitrate treatments. In: Biomaterials, 2004, vol. 25, n° 11, p. 2139–2151. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2003.08.053
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Identifiers
- PID : unige:7090
- DOI : 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2003.08.053
- PMID : 14741629
ISSN of the journal0142-9612