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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
umls-concept:C0066841,
umls-concept:C0086418,
umls-concept:C0093290,
umls-concept:C0205148,
umls-concept:C0333117,
umls-concept:C0392756,
umls-concept:C0445623,
umls-concept:C0450254,
umls-concept:C1522408,
umls-concept:C1697272,
umls-concept:C1704806
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pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2005-6-21
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pubmed:abstractText |
The present study compares the retention of four species that are often isolated in association with biomedical device-related infections - Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus mutans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans - to three different surfaces. All four bacterial species were found to bind significantly less well to MPC-coated surfaces than to non-coated surfaces. We attribute this effect to the "superhydrophilicity" of MPC-coated surfaces, whereas hydrophobic surfaces are well known to reduce bacterial retention and thus to inhibit a crucial step in the formation of bacterial biofilms that lead to biomedical device-related infections and complications.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jul
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pubmed:issn |
0378-1097
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
1
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pubmed:volume |
248
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
37-45
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-11-18
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pubmed:meshHeading |
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pubmed:year |
2005
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Coating of a surface with 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) co-polymer significantly reduces retention of human pathogenic microorganisms.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Health Biosciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8504, Japan.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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