Antimicrobial efficacy of surface-coated external fixation pins

Current Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1743-1751

  Furkert, Franz H ^a   Sörensen, Jan H ^a   Arnoldi, Jörg ^b,c   Robioneck, Bernd ^c   Steckel, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Stryker Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GLASS; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BONE MALFORMATION; CELL ADHESION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; EXTERNAL FIXATOR PIN; FRACTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79958253682     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9923-3     Document Type: Article

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