Antimicrobial/Anti-Infective Materials

As our consciousness of microbes increases, it appears that our desire to control our interactions with germs also increases in proportion. This is clearly demonstrated by examining the incredible growth in the number and sales volume of consumer products with antimicrobial claims. In the medical field as well, there is much interest in the use of

Samuel P. Sawan, Gurusamy Manivannan

Perspectives on Infectious Disease Challenges and Antimicrobial Answers Infections of Intracardiac Devices Infections in Orthopaedics Physiochemical Basis of Bacterial Adhesion to Biomaterial Surfaces Albumin Affinity Coatings May Prevent Foreign-Body Infections Immobilized Biocides as an Alternative Strategy for Control of Microbial Contamination Anti-Infective Coatings Reduce Device-Related Infections Reduced Implant-Related Infectious Complications by Surface Modification Providing Controlled Antimicrobial Release A Chemically Intelligent Infection-Resistant Coating Merging of Biomedical and Textile Technologies in Order to Create Infection-Resistant Prosthetic Vascular Grafts Aseptic Approaches and Novel Antimicrobial Catheters for Prevention of Infection of Vascular Catheters Anti-Infective Devices in Otolaryngology: Current Applications and Future Opportunities Laboratory Methods for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Indications for Susceptibility Testing Toward Dollar Devices for Measuring Metabolic Biochemistry Sisyphus in the Microbial World: Antimicrobial Strategies and Humanity's Health