title: In Vitro Biofilm Models for Device-Related Infections.
abstract: Many promising antimicrobial materials fail to translate from bench to bedside, in part owing to a lack of in vitro biofilm models that can be used to predict their long-term in vivo antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity. Various factors need to be considered for predictive modeling to mimic the conditions in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Matthias T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Buhmann
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stiefel
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maniura-Weber
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland. Electronic address: qun.ren@empa.ch.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections
keywords: antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial materials; biofilm model; catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI).; nosocomial infections