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SUBMITTER: Wang Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8360946 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Qi Q Vachon Jonathan J Prasad Bibin B Pybus Christine A CA Lapin Norman N Chopra Rajiv R Greenberg David E DE
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes 20210812 1
Hundreds of thousands of human implant procedures require surgical revision each year due to infection. Infections are difficult to treat with conventional antibiotics due to the formation of biofilm on the implant surface. We have developed a noninvasive method to eliminate biofilm on metal implants using heat generated by intermittent alternating magnetic fields (iAMF). Here, we demonstrate that heat and antibiotics are synergistic in biofilm elimination. For Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm, ba ...[more]