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Antimicrobial properties of a novel copper-based composite coating with potential for use in healthcare facilities

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) have a major impact on public health worldwide. Particularly, hospital surfaces contaminated with bacterial pathogens are often the origin of both sporadic cases and outbreaks of HAIs. It has been demonstrated that copper surfaces reduce the microb...

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Autores principales: Montero, David A., Arellano, Carolina, Pardo, Mirka, Vera, Rosa, Gálvez, Ricardo, Cifuentes, Marcela, Berasain, María A., Gómez, Marisol, Ramírez, Claudio, Vidal, Roberto M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6321648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30627427
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-018-0456-4