Adhesion of bacteria to stainless steel and silver-coated orthopedic external fixation pins

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-330

  Wassall, M A ^a   Santin, M ^a,b   Isalberti, C ^b   Cannas, M ^b   Denyer, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COATINGS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; ORTHOPEDICS; PROTEINS; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL;

EXTERNAL FIXATION PINS;

BIOMATERIALS;

SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SILVER; STEEL;

EID: 0031554883     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970905)36:3<325::AID-JBM7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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