In vivo anti-biofilm and anti-bacterial non-leachable coating thermally polymerized on cylindrical catheter

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Zhou, Chao, Wu, Yang, Thappeta, Kishore Reddy Venkata, Subramanian, Jo Thy Lachumy, Pranantyo, Dicky, Kang, En-Tang, Duan, Hongwei, Kline, Kimberly A., Chan-Park, Mary B.
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: SARA SI-ATRP; Antibiofilm
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89304; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44885

Catheters are indispensable tools of modern medicine, but catheter-associated infection is a significant clinical problem, even when stringent sterile protocols are observed. When the bacteria colonize catheter surfaces, they tend to form biofilms making them hard to treat with conventional antibiot...