Electrical methods of controlling bacterial adhesion and biofilm on device surfaces

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-103

  Freebairn, David ^a   Linton, David ^a   Harkin Jones, Eileen ^a   Jones, David S ^a   Gilmore, Brendan F ^a   Gorman, Sean P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioelectric effect; biofilm; conducting polymer; electricidal effect; electrophoresis; indwelling medical device; iontophoresis; surface attachment

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC EFFECTS; ELECTRICIDAL EFFECT; IONTOPHORESIS; MEDICAL DEVICES; SURFACE ATTACHMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; SURFACES;

BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCIDE; BIOMATERIAL; GENTAMICIN; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; PLATINUM; SILVER; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEVICE INFECTION; DIRECT CURRENT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IONIC STRENGTH; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE CHARGE; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; DISINFECTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871972580     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.70     Document Type: Review

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