Polymer surface properties and their effect on the adhesion of Proteus mirabilis

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-289

  Downer, A ^a   Morris, N ^b   Feast, W J ^a   Stickler, D ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Bacterial adsorption; Catheters; Polymer surfaces; Proteus mirabilis; Surface free energy

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CATHETERS; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRONS; FREE ENERGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; COPOLYMERS; DIAGNOSIS; FILMS; IONIC STRENGTH; PARALLEL FLOW; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

CATHETERIZATION; CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; CRYSTALLINE BACTERIAL BIOFILMS; ENCRUSTATION; PARALLEL PLATE FLOW CELL; PHOSPHATE BUFFER; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPIN COATED POLYMER FILMS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; URINARY TRACT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; POLYMER FILMS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL ADSORPTION; POLYMER SURFACES; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0042381838     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441103322060730     Document Type: Article

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