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Potent antimicrobial activity of bone cement encapsulating silver nanoparticles capped with oleic acid

Bone cement is widely used in surgical treatments for the fixation for orthopaedic devices. Subsequently, 2–3% of patients undergoing these procedures develop infections that are both a major health risk for patients and a cost for the health service providers; this is also aggravated by the fact th...

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Autores principales: Prokopovich, Polina, Köbrick, Mathias, Brousseau, Emmanuel, Perni, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24819471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.33196