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Novel dalbavancin-PLLA implant coating prevents hematogenous Staphylococcus aureus infection in a minimally invasive mouse tail vein model

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022
Infective/bacterial endocarditis is a rare but life-threatening disease with a hospital mortality rate of 22.7% and a 1-year mortality rate of 40%. Therefore, continued research efforts to develop efficient anti-infective implant materials are of the ...
Marlen Kloss, Caroline Moerke, Franziska Woitschach, Katharina Wulf, Sabine Illner, Steffen Schulz, Viktoria I. Pauker, Katharina Riedel, Niels Grabow, Hüseyin Ince, Emil C. Reisinger, Martina Sombetzki   +11 more
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Proposal for the teaching of the chemical control of supragingival biofilm

Brazilian Oral Research, 2010
The mechanical control of supragingival biofilm is accepted as one of the most important measures to treat and prevent dental caries and periodontal diseases. Nevertheless, maintaining dental surfaces biofilm-free is not an easy task.
Rui Vicente Oppermann, Alex Nogueira Haas, German Eduardo Miguel Villoria, Laura Guimarães Primo, Júnia M. Serra-Negra, Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira, Claudio Mendes Pannuti   +6 more
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Management of an intrastromal corneal foreign body

Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2023
A 27-year-old male presented with complaints of irritation and watering in the left eye following injury by a shrub. These symptoms subsided on rubbing the eyes and an eyewash. Slit-lamp bio-microscopy revealed an edematous cornea with vegetative foreign
Dnyanoba M Darade, Hrishikesh D Naik
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Comparison of the efficacy of three topical antiseptic solutions for the prevention of catheter colonization: a multicenter randomized controlled study

Critical Care, 2017
Background To compare the efficacy of three antiseptic solutions [0.5%, and 1.0% alcohol/chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), and 10% aqueous povidone-iodine (PVI)] for the prevention of intravascular catheter colonization, we conducted a randomized controlled
Hideto Yasuda, Masamitsu Sanui, Takayuki Abe, Nobuaki Shime, Tetsuya Komuro, Junji Hatakeyama, Shohei Matsukubo, Shinji Kawano, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kohkichi Andoh, Ryutaro Seo, Kyo Inoue, Eiichiro Noda, Nobuyuki Saito, Satoshi Nogami, Kentaro Okamoto, Ryota Fuke, Yasuhiro Gushima, Atsuko Kobayashi, Toru Takebayashi, Alan Kawarai Lefor, for Japanese Society of Education for Physicians and Trainees in Intensive Care (JSEPTIC) Clinical Trial Group   +21 more
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COVID-19 and Oral Surgery: a narrative review of preoperative mouth rinses

Acta Stomatologica Croatica, 2020
Objective: To provide a narrative review of the preprocedural mouth rinse protocols suggested for oral surgery in order to contrast the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol. Sources and Methods: Electronic searches were performed in medical databases PubMed,
Tiziano Testori, Hom-Lay Wang, Matteo Basso, Giordano Bordini, Arturo Dian, Carlo Vitelli, Ivana Miletić, Massimo Del Fabbro   +7 more
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In Situ Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils with and without Alcohol on Oral Biofilm: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Currently, there is little evidence on the in situ antibacterial activity of essential oils (EO) without alcohol. This study aimed to evaluate in situ the substantivity and antiplaque effect on the plaque-like biofilm (PL-biofilm) of two solutions, a ...
Victor Quintas, Isabel Prada-López, María J. Carreira, David Suárez-Quintanilla, Carlos Balsa-Castro, Inmaculada Tomás   +5 more
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Systematic literature review on surgical site preparation in paediatric surgery

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) in children represent a common and serious postoperative complication. Surgical skin preparation is an essential preventive measure in every surgical procedure.
Isabella Bielicki, Ulrike Subotic, Julia Anna Bielicki   +2 more
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Non-Surgical Therapy for Peri-Implant Diseases: a Systematic Review

eJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research, 2016
Objectives: The purpose of this paper was to systematically evaluate the effectiveness of non-surgical therapy for the treatment of peri-implant diseases including both, mucositis and peri-implantitis lesions.
Fernando Suárez-López del Amo, Shan-Huey Yu, Hom-Lay Wang   +2 more
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ESC core curriculum for the general cardiologist (2013) [PDF]

, 2013
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A. Kitsiou, A. L. P. Caforio, A. Porta-Sanchez, A. Vahanian, B. Iung, C. Carrera, C. Szymanski, D. Herpin, D. Taggart, F. Calvo, F. Flachskampf, G. Ertl, G. Iaccarino, H. Burri, I. J. Nunez, J. Bauersachs, J. Bax, J. Hall, J. J. Monsuez, J. Lopez-Sendon, J. P. Schmid, J. R. Gonzalez-Juanatey, J. Stepinska, K. Zeppenfeld, L. Goncalves, L. Joubert, L. M. Ruilope, L. Tokgozoglu, M. J. Salvador, M. Sousa-Ouva, M. Tendera, N. Brooks, null null, null null, null null, null null, null null, null null, null null, O. A. Smiseth, P. A. Sirnes, P. Charron, P. Giannuzzi, P. Gueret, P. Kearney, P. Lancellotti, P. Trindade, R. B. A. van den Brink, R. Fontes-Carvalho, R. Griebenow, S. Gibbs, S. Plein, S. Price, S. Priori, T. C. Gillebert, T. McDonough, V. Regitz-Zagrosek, Z. Fras, Z. Reiner   +58 more
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The impact of anti-infective drug shortages on hospitals in the United States: trends and causes.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012
Anti-infective shortages pose significant logistical and clinical challenges to hospitals and may be considered a public health emergency. Anti-infectives often represent irreplaceable life-saving treatments.
Milena M. Griffith, A. Gross, S. Sutton, M. Bolon, J. Esterly, J. Patel, M. Postelnick, T. Zembower, M. Scheetz   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source