A pre-therapeutic coating for medical devices that prevents the attachment of Candida albicans

• Main Authors: Diego Vargas-Blanco (Author), Aung Lynn (Author), Jonah Rosch (Author), Rony Noreldin (Author), Anthony Salerni (Author), Christopher Lambert (Author), Reeta P. Rao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hospital acquired fungal infections are defined as "never events"-medical errors that should never have happened. Systemic Candida albicans infections results in 30-50% mortality rates. Typically, adhesion to abiotic medical devices and implants initiates such infection...