Surface-immobilized polyethylene oxide for bacterial repellence

Biomaterials

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1992, Pages 417-420

  Desai, Neil P ^a   Hossainy, Syed F A ^a   Hubbell, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial adhesion; Polyethylenes; surface treatment

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; IMPLANT; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMAN; IN VITRO; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0026719563     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(92)90160-P     Document Type: Article

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