Antimicrobial coating agents: can biofilm formation on a breast implant be prevented?

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 610-617

  van Heerden, Johan ^a   Turner, Martin ^a   Hoffmann, Danie ^a   Moolman, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b LANCET LABORATORIES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Biofilm; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicone shell; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Subclinical infection

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; FUSIDATE SODIUM; FUSIDIC ACID; NASEPTIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; DISK DIFFUSION; FILM COATING; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BREAST IMPLANTS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 64749108731     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.09.044     Document Type: Article

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