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Antibacterial efficacy of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene with silver containing diamond-like surface layers

Antibacterial coating of medical devices is a promising approach to reduce the risk of infection but has not yet been achieved on wear surfaces, e.g. polyethylene (PE). We quantitatively determined the antimicrobial potency of different PE surfaces, which had been conversed to diamond-like carbon (D...

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Autores principales: Harrasser, Norbert, Jüssen, Sebastian, Banke, Ingo J., Kmeth, Ralf, von Eisenhart-Rothe, Ruediger, Stritzker, Bernd, Gollwitzer, Hans, Burgkart, Rainer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26391393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13568-015-0148-x