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Discs of urinary catheter material were exposed to the flow of artificial urine containing cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Within 10 h an adherent biofilm composed of the bacteria and of their exopolysaccharide products had developed on the uncoated catheter material. On the silver-coated catheter material no biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa had developed.
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Liedberg, H., Lundeberg, T. Silver coating of urinary catheters prevents adherence and growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Urol. Res. 17, 357–358 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00510525
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