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Point-of-care antimicrobial coating protects orthopaedic implants from bacterial challenge by Weixian Xi, Vishal Hegde, Stephen D. Zoller, Howard Y. Park, Christopher M. Hart, Takeru Kondo, Christopher D. Hamad, Yan Hu, Amanda H. Loftin, Daniel O. Johansen, Zachary Burke, Samuel Clarkson, Chad Ishmael, Kellyn Hori, Zeinab Mamouei, Hiroko Okawa, Ichiro Nishimura, Nicholas M. Bernthal, Tatiana Segura

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Evading the host response: Staphylococcus “hiding” in cortical bone canalicular system causes increased bacterial burden by Stephen D. Zoller, Vishal Hegde, Zachary D. C. Burke, Howard Y. Park, Chad R. Ishmael, Gideon W. Blumstein, William Sheppard, Christopher Hamad, Amanda H. Loftin, Daniel O. Johansen, Ryan A. Smith, Marina M. Sprague, Kellyn R. Hori, Samuel J. Clarkson, Rachel Borthwell, Scott I. Simon, Jeff F. Miller, Scott D. Nelson, Nicholas M. Bernthal

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