Investigation of the mechanism of the bioacoustic effect

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-205

  Qian, Zhen ^a   Sagers, Richard D ^b   Pitt, William G ^a  

^a 435 Crabtree Technology Building   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial biofilms; Bioacoustic effect; Implanted medical devices; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

BACTERIAL BIOFILMS; BIOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; G 3632; GENTAMICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG TRANSPORT; IMPLANTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033080554     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199902)44:2<198::AID-JBM10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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