Effects of quaternary ammonium silane coatings on mixed fungal and bacterial biofilms on tracheoesophageal shunt prostheses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 3673-3677

  Oosterhof, Janine J H ^a   Buijssen, Kevin J D A ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Van Der Laan, Bernard F A M ^a   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL BONDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUBBER; SILICONE COATINGS;

AMMONIUM SILANE COATINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SILANES (QAS); SILICONE RUBBER SURFACE;

BIOFILMS;

(TRIMETHOXYSILYL)PROPYLDIMETHYLOCTADECYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL BONDING; HYBRIDIZATION; INCUBATION; SILICON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROSTHESIS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SILANES; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRACHEA; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33646541343     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3673-3677.2006     Document Type: Article

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