Antibiotic soaked hydrophilic coated Bioflex: A new strategy in the prevention of penile prosthesis infection

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Rajpurkar, Atul ^a   Fairfax, Marilynn ^a   Li, Haikun ^a   Dhabuwala, Chirpriya B ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioflex; Hydrophilic; Infection; Penile prosthesis; Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; POLYURETHAN; POVIDONE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM COLONY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HYDROPHILICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENIS PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TEST STRIP;

EID: 15844419731     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2004.04031.x     Document Type: Article

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