Strategies for the prevention of microbial biofilm formation on silicone rubber voice prostheses

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 358-370

  Rodrigues, Lígia ^a   Banat, Ibrahim M ^b   Teixeira, José ^a   Oliveira, Rosário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biosurfactants; Prophylactic treatment; Surface modifications; Voice prosthesis

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; ONCOLOGY; PROSTHETICS; SILICONES; SURFACE TREATMENT; SYNTHETIC RUBBER;

BIOSURFACTANTS; PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT; SURGICAL TREATMENT; VOICE PROSTHESIS;

BIOFILMS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; BIOSURFACTANT; FLUCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RUBBER; SILICONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOPROSTHESIS; COVALENT BOND; DEVICE INFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; LARYNX CANCER; MATERIAL COATING; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROPHYLAXIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOICE PROSTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MATERIALS TESTING; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 34247608122     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30673     Document Type: Article

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