A review of the biomaterials technologies for infection-resistant surfaces.

By D. Campoccia, L. Montanaro, C. R. Arciola. Biomaterials, 2013

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A Brief Recap of Microbial Adhesion and Biofilms (2019, background): “A previous study claimed that high electrostatic forces in cell membranes might remove anionic lipids [44].”
Challenges in Infective Endocarditis. (2017, background): “Novel approaches to prevention of bacteremia and strategies to target adherence are urgently required (50).”
Antibacterial Coatings: Challenges, Perspectives, and Opportunities. (2015, background): “Although a wide spectrum of antibacterial coatings has been developed over the years, and these have shown great potential in short-term in vitro studies, investigations of this new generation of antibacterial coatings in controlled trials are still scarce [31,105,112].”
Bacterial interactions with nanostructured surfaces (2018, background): “The importance of the effects of nanoscale features have also been reported recently.(37,38) The smaller contact area between”
Multifunctional Coatings to Simultaneously Promote Osseointegration and Prevent Infection of Orthopaedic Implants (2016, positive): “[11-18] However, the two issues are intimately related, as laid out by Gristina in his description of the “race for the surface”; if the host’s cells can reach and occupy the implan t surface first, not only will stronger tissue integration be achieved, but a defensive bar rier will also be establis”