Effective prevention of microbial biofilm formation on medical devices by low-energy surface acoustic waves

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4144-4152

  Kazan, Zadik ^a   Zumeris, Jona ^a   Jacob, Harold ^a   Raskin, Hanan ^a   Kratysh, Gera ^a   Vishnia, Moshe ^a   Dror, Naama ^a,b   Barliya, Tilda ^b   Mandel, Mathilda ^b   Lavie, Gad ^b  

^a Nanovibronix Corporation   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BALLOON CATHETER; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CANDIDA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEVICE; DISPERSION; ENERGY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; GUINEA PIG; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LOW ENERGY SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CELL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RABBITS; SOUND; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 33845262221     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00418-06     Document Type: Article

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