Host impaired immunity and pathogens adhesion factors are the key elements in analyzing
medical implant-associated infections (MIAI). The infection chances are further influenced by …

Vegetable cultivation is a promising economic activity, and vegetable consumption is
important for human health due to the high nutritional content of vegetables. Vegetables are …

The increasing antibiotic resistance among uropathogenic bacteria warrants alternative
therapeutic strategies. We demonstrate the potential of the synthetic peptide CD4-PP …

Biofilms as living microorganism communities are found anywhere, and for the healthcare
sector, these constitute a threat and allied mechanism for health-associated or nosocomial …

Staphylococcus aureus medical devices related-infections, such as blood stream catheter
are of major concern. Their prevention is compulsory and strategies, not prone to the …

New medical devices with anti-inflammatory properties are critical to prevent inflammatory
processes and infections in medical/surgical procedures. In this work, we present a novel …

The biomedical applications of silicones are countless due to their outstanding properties. In
dentistry, silicone for maxillofacial and plastic surgery has become indispensable, from both …

Slippery silicone-oil-infused (SOI) surfaces have recently emerged as a promising
alternative to conventional anti-infection coatings for urinary catheters to combat biofilm and …

This study presents an overview and a short critical review of patented antibiofilm
technologies. Patent information was used to determine scenarios that could be used by …

In response to the global rise in antibiotic resistance and the prevalence of bacterial biofilm-
related infections, the antibacterial efficacy of methanolic, ethanolic, and aqueous extracts of …