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Pseudomonas aeruginosa: adherence to and growth on different urinary catheter coatings
H Liedberg1, P Ekman, T Lundeberg
1Department of Urology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
International Urology and Nephrology
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
Discs of urinary catheters with different coatings were exposed to a flow of artificial urine containing cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Within 10 h an adherent biofilm consisting of the bacteria and their exopolysaccharide products had developed on those discs coated with latex, teflon, and silicon. In contrast, on the silver alloy-coated catheter discs no biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa had developed.