Real time noninvasive monitoring of contaminating bacteria in a soft tissue implant infection model.

Infection is the main cause of biomaterials-related failure. A simple technique to test in-vivo new antimicrobial and/or nonadhesive implant coatings is unavailable. Current in vitro methods for studying bacterial adhesion and growth on biomaterial surfaces lack the influence of the host immune syst...

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Main Authors: Engelsman, A, van der Mei, H, Francis, K, Busscher, H, Ploeg, R, Dam, v
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009