The adherence of three clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis to model polystyrene surfaces was studied in vitro using epifluorescent image analysis. A series of 16 Pluronic surfactants (A-B-A block copolymers where A is poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and B is poly(propylene oxide) (PPO)) were used as surface modifiers for the model polystyrene surfaces. Substantial reductions (up to 97%) in bacterial adhesion levels were achieved with all copolymers tested, irrespective of the PPO or PEO block lengths. It appears likely that such treatments create a sterically stabilized surface with adsorbed PEO chains, conferring non-specific anti-adhesive properties which can limit bacterial attachment.
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St Petersburg State Univ, VA Fock Inst Phys, St Petersburg 198504, Russia
Free Univ Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, GermanyRussian Acad Sci, Phys Tech Inst, Ural Branch, Izhevsk 426000, Russia
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Stepacheva, A. A.
Markova, M. E.
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Tver State Univ, 33 Ul Zhelyabova, Tver 170100, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Markova, M. E.
Manaenkov, O., V
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Manaenkov, O., V
Gavrilenko, A., V
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Gavrilenko, A., V
Sidorov, A., I
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Sidorov, A., I
Sulman, M. G.
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Sulman, M. G.
Kosivtsov, Yu Yu
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, RussiaTver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
Kosivtsov, Yu Yu
Matveeva, V. G.
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Tver State Tech Univ, 22 Nab A Nikitina, Tver 170026, Russia
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Matveeva, V. G.
Sulman, E. M.
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