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...

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Publicado en:Lancet Vol. 361; no. 9367; pp. 1435 - 1438
Autores principales: Stickler DJ, Jones GL, Russell AD, Stickler, D J, Jones, G L, Russell, A D
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lancet 4/26/2003
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