Modern strategies in the prevention of polymer-associated infections.
Foreign body infections continue to present a challenge to modern medicine. New aspects for the prevention of such infections are presented on the basis of modifying medical devices or implant materials (synthetic polymers). Physicochemical treatment of polymer surfaces is a possible tool to create anti-adhesive and thus anti-infective surfaces. Coupling or incorporation of antimicrobial substances to or into polymers is another way to prevent bacterial colonization and subsequently the development of polymer-associated infections.
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, FRG.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011108:Polymers / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D013499:Surface Properties
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D011108:Polymers