Development of a standardized and safe airborne antibacterial assay, and its evaluation on antibacterial biomimetic model surfaces

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Al Ahmad, Ali ^a   Zou, Peng ^a   Solarte, Diana Lorena Guevara ^a   Hellwig, Elmar ^a   Steinberg, Thorsten ^b   Lienkamp, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; POLY(OXONORBORNENE); POLY(OXONORBORNENE) BASED SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AIRBORNE ANTIBACTERIAL ASSAY; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; AEROSOL; BIOASSAY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SAFETY; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

AEROSOLS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SAFETY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84910621058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111357     Document Type: Article

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