Antibacterial activity of bone cement containing quaternary ammonium polyethyleneimine nanoparticles

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Mar;69(3):854-5. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt441. Epub 2013 Nov 11.

Authors

Shaul Beyth¹, David Polak, Charles Milgrom, Ervin I Weiss, Stoyan Matanis, Nurit Beyth

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, PO Box 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.

PMID: 24216766
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt441

No abstract available

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis; antimicrobial; cationic polymers.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Biomass
Dental Cements / chemistry*
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
Enterococcus faecalis / growth & development
Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Polyethyleneimine / pharmacology*
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / pharmacology*
Spectrophotometry
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Dental Cements
Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
Polyethyleneimine