Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance of Bacterial Adhesion to Polymers
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Biomaterials Applications
- Vol. 2 (4) , 520-543
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088532828700200402
Abstract
The mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to polymers with regard to their significance in the development of foreign-body infections are discussed. The morphological, physico-chemical and biological aspects are treated with special emphasis on the adhesion of coagulase-negative staphylococci to medical polymers. Strategies for the prevention of bacterial adhesion to biomaterials by developing antiadhesive polymers are given.Keywords
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