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The impact of thermal cycling on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm growth on stainless steel and titanium orthopaedic plates

BACKGROUND: Orthopaedic implant infections are difficult to eradicate because bacteria adhering to implant surfaces inhibit the ability of the immune system and antibiotics to combat these infections. Thermal cycling is a temperature modulation process that improves performance and longevity of mate...

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Autores principales: Akens, Margarete K., Chien, Claudia, Katchky, Ryan N., Kreder, Hans J., Finkelstein, Joel, Whyne, Cari M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6062927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30049271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-2199-z