Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Sunday, March 3, 2013

How do bacteria clog medical devices?

Bacteria clog medical devices very quickly

A new study has exam­ined how bac­te­ria clog med­ical devices, and the result isn't pretty. The microbes join to cre­ate slimy rib­bons that tan­gle and trap other pass­ing bac­te­ria, cre­at­ing a full block­age in a star­tlingly short period of time.

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How do bacteria clog medical devices? Very quickly

 

Source: Science Daily


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