Antibacterial activity of antibiotic-soaked polyvinylpyrrolidone-grafted silicon elastomer hydrocephalus shunts

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-224

  Boelens, Jaap J ^a,b   Tan, Wee Fu ^a   Dankert, Jacob ^a   Zaat, Sebastian A J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; POVIDONE; RIFAMPICIN; SILASTIC; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; HYDROCEPHALUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SHUNTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0033967744     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.2.221     Document Type: Article

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