A pre-therapeutic coating for medical devices that prevents the attachment of Candida albicans

BACKGROUND: Hospital acquired fungal infections are defined as “never events”—medical errors that should never have happened. Systemic Candida albicans infections results in 30–50% mortality rates. Typically, adhesion to abiotic medical devices and implants initiates such infections. Efficient adhes...

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Autores principales: Vargas-Blanco, Diego, Lynn, Aung, Rosch, Jonah, Noreldin, Rony, Salerni, Anthony, Lambert, Christopher, Rao, Reeta P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5438570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28526091
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-017-0215-z

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