Silver segregation and bacterial growth of intraventricular catheters impregnated with silver nanoparticles in cerebrospinal fluid drainages

Neurological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-287

  Galiano, Klaus ^a   Pleifer, Claudia ^a   Engelhardt, Klaus ^a   Brössner, Gregor ^a   Lackner, Peter ^a   Huck, Christian ^b   Lass Flörl, Cornelia ^a   Obwegeser, Alois ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; In vitro experiment; Silver segregation; Silver coated ventricle catheters

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; SILVER IMPREGNATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 44449084836     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164107X229902     Document Type: Article

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