Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections

Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections

The healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) occur in patients both in nosocomial environments and in community. More often HCAIs are associated to the use of medical devices and bacterial biofilm development on these equipments. Due to the clinical and economic relevance of this topic, new strategi...

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Main Authors: Vergalito Franca, Pietrangelo Laura, Petronio Petronio Giulio, Colitto Federica, Alfio Cutuli Marco, Magnifico Irene, Venditti Noemi, Guerra Germano, Di Marco Roberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-12-01
Series:Open Medicine
Subjects:
medical devices
catheter
biofilm
vitamin e
alpha-tocopheryl acetate
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2020-0004
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spelling doaj-dab5268fef4b4670a6651288b621c7082021-10-02T17:50:26ZengDe GruyterOpen Medicine2391-54632019-12-01151142110.1515/med-2020-0004med-2020-0004Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infectionsVergalito Franca0Pietrangelo Laura1Petronio Petronio Giulio2Colitto Federica3Alfio Cutuli Marco4Magnifico Irene5Venditti Noemi6Guerra Germano7Di Marco Roberto8Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo173-8610, JapanDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, via De Sanctis snc, 86100Campobasso, ItalyThe healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) occur in patients both in nosocomial environments and in community. More often HCAIs are associated to the use of medical devices and bacterial biofilm development on these equipments. Due to the clinical and economic relevance of this topic, new strategies for the treatment of infections caused by biofilm proliferation are unceasingly searched by scientists.https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2020-0004medical devicescatheterbiofilmvitamin ealpha-tocopheryl acetate
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author Vergalito Franca
Pietrangelo Laura
Petronio Petronio Giulio
Colitto Federica
Alfio Cutuli Marco
Magnifico Irene
Venditti Noemi
Guerra Germano
Di Marco Roberto
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Pietrangelo Laura
Petronio Petronio Giulio
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Magnifico Irene
Venditti Noemi
Guerra Germano
Di Marco Roberto
Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections
Open Medicine
medical devices
catheter
biofilm
vitamin e
alpha-tocopheryl acetate
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Pietrangelo Laura
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Colitto Federica
Alfio Cutuli Marco
Magnifico Irene
Venditti Noemi
Guerra Germano
Di Marco Roberto
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title Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections
title_short Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections
title_full Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections
title_fullStr Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections
title_full_unstemmed Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections
title_sort vitamin e for prevention of biofilm-caused healthcare-associated infections
publisher De Gruyter
series Open Medicine
issn 2391-5463
publishDate 2019-12-01
description The healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) occur in patients both in nosocomial environments and in community. More often HCAIs are associated to the use of medical devices and bacterial biofilm development on these equipments. Due to the clinical and economic relevance of this topic, new strategies for the treatment of infections caused by biofilm proliferation are unceasingly searched by scientists.
topic medical devices
catheter
biofilm
vitamin e
alpha-tocopheryl acetate
url https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2020-0004
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