Validation of the CDC biofilm reactor as a dynamic model for assessment of encrustation formation on urological device materials

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 128-140

  Gilmore, Brendan F ^a   Hamill, Turlough M ^a   Jones, David S ^a   Gorman, Sean P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; CDC biofilm reactor; Hydroxyapatite; Proteus mirabilis; Struvite; Urease; Urinary encrustation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM REACTORS; CDC BIOFILM REACTOR; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STRUVITE; STRUVITES;

APATITE; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROXYAPATITE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM REACTOR; CDC BIOFILM REACTOR; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DEVICE; ENCRUSTING SPECIES; EXPERIMENTATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCREENING; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES; UROLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77949532607     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31567     Document Type: Article

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