Biomaterial modification of urinary catheters with antimicrobials to give long-term broadspectrum antibiofilm activity

Fisher, Leanne E.; Hook, Andrew L.; Ashraf, Waheed; Yousef, Anfal; Barrett, David A.; Scurr, David J.; Chen, Xinyong; Smith, Emily F.; Fay, Michael; Parmenter, Christopher D.J.; Parkinson, Richard; Bayston, Roger

doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.01.037

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Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis? (2015)
Journal Article
Bayston, R., Ashraf, W., & Ortori, C. (2015). Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis?. Journal of Neurosurgery, 124(2), https://doi.org/10.3171/2014.12.JNS141900

OBJECT Recently concern has arisen over the effect of released antimicrobial agents from antibiotic-impregnated external ventricular drainage (EVD) catheters on the reliability of CSF culture for diagnosis of ventriculitis. The authors designed a... Read More about Does release of antimicrobial agents from impregnated external ventricular drainage catheters affect the diagnosis of ventriculitis?.

Biomaterial modification of urinary catheters with antimicrobials to give long-term broadspectrum antibiofilm activity (2015)
Journal Article
Fisher, L. E., Hook, A. L., Ashraf, W., Yousef, A., Barrett, D. A., Scurr, D. J., …Bayston, R. (2015). Biomaterial modification of urinary catheters with antimicrobials to give long-term broadspectrum antibiofilm activity. Journal of Controlled Release, 202, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.01.037

© 2015 Published by Elsevier B.V. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is the commonest hospital-acquired infection, accounting for over 100,000 hospital admissions within the USA annually. Biomaterials and processes intended to reduce... Read More about Biomaterial modification of urinary catheters with antimicrobials to give long-term broadspectrum antibiofilm activity.