Research article
The antimicrobial effect of Octenidine-dihydrochloride coated polymer tracheotomy tubes on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation
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* Corresponding author: Michaela Zumtobel michaela.zumtobel@meduniwien.ac.at
1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2 Institute of Hygiene, Experimental Microbiology and Quality Research, Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg, Austria
3 Department of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:150 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-150
Published: 25 July 2009Additional files
Additional file 1:
Overview of bacterial colonization on coated versus uncoated tracheotomy tubes. The table illustrate the bacterial colonization on all 16 polymer tracheotomy tubes after contamination with S. aureus or P. aeruginosa at different experimental time points (T1, T2, and T3).
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