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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