Coating of a surface with 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) co-polymer significantly reduces retention of human pathogenic microorganisms
Open Access
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 248 (1), 37-45
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.019
Abstract
The present study compares the retention of four species that are often isolated in association with biomedical device-related infections –StaphylocoKeywords
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