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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 96-B, Issue SUPP_11 | Pages 84 - 84
1 Jul 2014
Del-Prado G Pascual F Terriza A Molina-Manso D Yubero F Puertolas J Gomez-Barren E Esteban J
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Summary Statement

A study to evaluate biofilm development on different coatings of UHMWPE was performed. We observed a species-specific effect, with S. aureus affected mainly by DLC-F and S. epidermidis by DLC. These data correlates with previous adherence studies.

Introduction

Prosthetic joint infection is intimately related to bacterial biofilms on implant biomaterials. Recently, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating has been suggested to improve the antibacterial performance of medical grade GUR1050 ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) supplied by Orthoplastics bacup, UK versus collection and clinical staphylococcal strains. The aim of this study was to make an approximation towards the actual impact of such coatings in biofilm formation.