Combating Bacterial Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheter by Green Silver Nanoparticle

• Main Authors: Reham M. Goda (Author), Ahmed M. El-Baz (Author), Eman M. Khalaf (Author), Nada K. Alharbi (Author), Tarek A. Elkhooly (Author), Mohamed M. Shohayeb (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Urinary catheters are commonly associated with urinary tract infections. This study aims to inhibit bacterial colonisation and biofilm of urinary tract catheters. Silicon catheter pieces were varnished with green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using <i>Pistacia lentiscus</i> mastic to prev...