Silver or nitrofurazone impregnation of urinary catheters has a minimal effect on uropathogen adherence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2565-2571

  Desai, Devak G ^a   Liao, Kershena S ^a   Cevallos, Manuel E ^a   Trautner, Barbara W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti infective agents; Enterococcus faecalis; Escherichia coli; Ureter; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NITROFURAL; SILICONE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; NITROFURAZONE IMPREGNATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER IMPREGNATION; URINARY CATHETER; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATHETERS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROFURAZONE; SILVER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 78349305201     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.07.036     Document Type: Article

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