Hydrogen Peroxide-Generating Electrochemical Scaffold Activity against Trispecies Biofilms.
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SUBMITTER: Raval YS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179276 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
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Hydrogen Peroxide-Generating Electrochemical Scaffold Activity against Trispecies Biofilms.
Raval Yash S YS Mohamed Abdelrhman A Song James J Greenwood-Quaintance Kerryl E KE Beyenal Haluk H Patel Robin R
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20200324 4
The antibiofilm activity of a hydrogen peroxide-generating electrochemical scaffold (e-scaffold) was determined against mono- and trispecies biofilms of methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, multidrug-resistant <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, and <i>Candida albicans</i> Significant time-dependent decreases were found in the overall CFU of biofilms of all three monospecies and the trispecies forms. Confocal laser scanning microscopy showed dramatic reductions in fluorescence intensit ...[more]
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