Tommaso Gallingani, Elisa Resca, Massimo Dominici, Giuliana Gavioli, Romolo Laurita, Anna Liguori, Giorgio Mari, Luca Ortolani, Eva Pericolini, Arianna Sala, Giulia Laghi, Tiziana Petrachi, Gaëlle Francoise Arnauld, Luca Accorsi, Rita Rizzoli, Vittorio Colombo, Matteo Gherardi, Elena Veronesi
In industrialized countries, health care associated infections, the fourth leading cause of disease, are a major health issue. At least half of all cases of nosocomial infections are associated with medical devices. Antibacterial coatings arise as an important approach to restrict the nosocomial infection rate without side effects and the development of antibiotic resistance. Beside nosocomial infections, clot formation affects cardiovascular medical devices and central venous catheters implants. In order to reduce and prevent such infection, we develop a plasma-assisted process for the deposition of nanostructured functional coatings on flat substrates and mini catheters...
2023: PloS One