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Effect of silver-doped phosphate-based glasses on bacterial biofilm growth
Sabeel P Valappil1, Jonathan C Knowles, Michael Wilson
1Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|June 24, 2008
Abstract:
Silver-containing phosphate-based glasses were found to reduce the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus biofilms, which are leading causes of nosocomial infections. The rates of glass degradation (1.27 to 1.41 microg.mm(-2).h(-1)) and the corresponding silver release were found to account for the variation in biofilm growth inhibitory effect.

