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Comparison of sonication with chemical biofilm dislodgement methods using chelating and reducing agents: Implications for the microbiological diagnosis of implant associated infection

The diagnosis of implant-associated infections is hampered due to microbial adherence and biofilm formation on the implant surface. Sonication of explanted devices was shown to improve the microbiological diagnosis by physical removal of biofilms. Recently, chemical agents have been investigated for...

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Autores principales: Karbysheva, Svetlana, Di Luca, Mariagrazia, Butini, Maria Eugenia, Winkler, Tobias, Schütz, Michael, Trampuz, Andrej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32267888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231389