Surface characteristics and antimicrobial properties of modified catheter surfaces by polypyrogallol and metal ions

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Balne, Praveen Kumar, Harini, Sriram, Dhand, Chetna, Dwivedi, Neeraj, Chalasani, Madhavi Latha Somaraju, Verma, Navin Kumar, Barathi, Veluchamy Amutha, Beuerman, Roger, Agrawal, Rupesh, Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani
• مؤلفون آخرون: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Catheter coating; Pyrogallol
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83792; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45081
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Catheter associated infections (CAIs) are the major cause of nosocomial infections leading to increased morbidity, mortality rates and economical loss. Though the antibiotic coated surface modified catheters are reported to be effective in preventing CAIs, presence of sub-lethal concentrations of an...