Control of encrustation and blockage of Foley catheters.
Urinary catheters often become encrusted and blocked by crystalline Proteus mirabilis biofilms. Results of experiments in a laboratory model of a Foley catheterised bladder infected with P mirabilis showed that when retention balloons were inflated with a solution of triclosan (10 g/L), the catheter...
| Publicado en: | Lancet Vol. 361; no. 9367; pp. 1435 - 1438 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , |
| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lancet
4/26/2003
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