Is there any evidence for biofilms in dermal fillers?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lemperle, Gottfried ^a   Nicolau, Pierre ^b   Scheiermann, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Markus Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; BIOMATERIAL; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FLOCCULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; BREAST IMPLANTS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FLOCCULATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80051517975     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31821ef19b     Document Type: Note

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