Antibacterial Efficiency of Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials with Biodegradable Polycaprolactone Polymer, Saturated with Gentamicin

12th Baltic Congress of Laboratory Medicine: Abstracts Book 2014
Ingus Skadiņš, Juta Kroica, Ilze Šalma, Aigars Reinis, Marina Putniņa, Dagnija Rostoka, Natalija Berza

One of the major obstacles against a wider use of biomaterial implants is the capacity of bacteria to attach to biomaterial surfaces, which can cause infections associated with biomaterials. These infections can cause many serious problems, as well as poorly treatable biofilm infections.

Keywords
hydroxyapatite, polylactic acid, ciprofloxacin, antibacterial efficience
Hyperlink
https://web.archive.org/web/20180409213807/http://www.iecclm.org/abstr_book.pdf

Skadiņš, I., Kroica, J., Šalma, I., Reinis, A., Sokolova, M., Rostoka, D., Berza, N. Antibacterial Efficiency of Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials with Biodegradable Polycaprolactone Polymer, Saturated with Gentamicin. In: 12th Baltic Congress of Laboratory Medicine: Abstracts Book, Latvia, Riga, 18-20 September, 2014. Riga: IECCLM, 2014, p.43. ISSN 2256-0092.

Publication language
English (en)