Discovery of novel materials with broad resistance to bacterial attachment using combinatorial polymer microarrays.

ABSTRACT: A new class of bacteria-attachment-resistant materials is discovered using a multi-generation polymer microarray methodology that reduces bacterial attachment by up to 99.3% compared with a leading commercially available silver hydrogel anti-bacterial material. The coverage of three bacterial species, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and uropathogenic Escherichia coli is assessed.

SUBMITTER: Hook AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3736217 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature