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Prevention of Biomaterial Infection by Pre-Operative Incubation with Human Cells
Author(s) -
Ramón PérezTanoira,
Antti A. Aarnisalo,
Kari K. Eklund,
Xia Han,
Antti Soininen,
VeliMatti Tiainen,
Jaime Esteban,
Teemu J. Kinnari
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
surgical infections
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1557-8674
pISSN - 1096-2964
DOI - 10.1089/sur.2016.263
Subject(s) - biofilm , incubation , crystal violet , biomaterial , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , medicine , bacteria , serial dilution , incubation period , adhesion , colony forming unit , in vitro , pathology , biomedical engineering , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , genetics , alternative medicine , organic chemistry
Cells of tissues and biofilm forming bacteria compete for the living space on the surface of an implant. We hypothesized the incubation of the implant (titanium, polydimethylsiloxane, and polystyrene surface) with human cells before implantation as a strategy to prevent bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation.

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