Chitosan-Coated Surgical Sutures Prevent Adherence and Biofilms of Mixed Microbial Communities - Prabha, Subramani; Sowndarya, Jothipandiyan; Ram, Parepalli Janaki Venkata Sai; Rubini, Durairajan; Hari, B Narayanan Vedha; Aruni, Wilson; Nithyanand, Paramasivam (Current microbiology, 2021)
Keywords: antibacterial properties; Bacteria; biofilm; Biofilms; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Candida albicans; Chitosan; Chitosan - pharmacology; Coating; Coatings; Colonization; crabs; cross infection; Drug resistance; Fungi; hyphae; Infectious diseases; Invasiveness; Life Sciences; Microbial activity; Microbiology; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Nosocomial infections; Pathogens; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Scanning electron microscopy; Shells; Slime; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Surgery; Surgical site infections; Sutures; Triclosan; Virulence; Virulence factors; wastes