Bacterial adhesion to urethral catheters: Role of coating materials and immersion in antibiotic solution

European Urology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 354-359

  Cormio, Luigi ^a,b,c,d   La Forgia, P ^b   La Forgia, D ^b   Siitonen, A ^b   Ruutu, M ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Urethral catheters; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; POLITEF; SILVER; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HYDROGEL; IMMERSION; INFECTION RISK; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HYDROGEL; IMMERSION; SILVER; SOLUTIONS; URETHRA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0035742880     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049799     Document Type: Article

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