Antimicrobial effect of medical textiles containing bioactive fibres

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-232

  Mariscal, A ^a   Lopez Gigosos, R M ^a   Carnero Varo, M ^b   Fernandez Crehuet, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinic of Malaga   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEXTILE FIBER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; HUMANS; SILVER; TEXTILES;

EID: 78751572701     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1073-1     Document Type: Article

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