Antimicrobial thermoplastic elastomers: Strategic pathways for the future of broad-spectrum anti-infective materials

Authors :: Peddinti, Bharadwaja S.T.
Scholle, Frank
Ghiladi, Reza G.
Spontak, Richard J.
Source :: Rubber World. October, 2019, Vol. 261 Issue 1, p67, 11 p.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Potentially harmful microbes such as bacteria and viruses that adhere to a variety of surfaces are routinely transmitted to new hosts, a typical occurrence that promotes the proliferation of infectious [...]

Subjects :: United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Thermoplastics -- Health aspects
Bacteria -- Health aspects
Elastomers -- Health aspects
Cross infection -- Health aspects
Medical research -- Health aspects
Prostate cancer -- Health aspects
Methylene blue -- Health aspects
Methicillin -- Health aspects
Mortality
Breast cancer
Hospital patients
Microorganisms
Infection
Business
Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries

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