A bacteriocin-based coating strategy to prevent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium biofilm formation on materials of interest for indwelling medical devices

A bacteriocin-based coating strategy to prevent vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium biofilm formation on materials of interest for indwelling medical devices

The ever-increasing use of exogenous materials as indwelling medical devices in modern medicine offers to pathogens new ways to gain access to human body and begin, in some cases, life threatening infections. Biofouling of such materials with bacteria or fungi is a major concern during surgeries, si...

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Main Authors: Christian Kranjec, Jills Puthiaparambil Mathew, Kirill Ovchinnikov, Idowu Fadayomi, Ying Yang, Morten Kjos, Wen-Wu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Biofilm
Subjects:
Antibiotic resistance
Bacteriocins
Biofilm
Enterococcus faecium
PEEK
Titanium
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590207524000364
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