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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Novel Antibacterial Modification of Polycarbonate for Increment Prototyping in Medicine.

Tomasz Flak, Ewa Trejnowska, Szymon Skoczyński, Jadwiga Gabor, Beata Swinarew, Klaudia Grzywnowicz, Hubert Okła, Krzysztof Jasik, Arkadiusz Stanula, Grzegorz Brożek and 1 more

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tomasz FlakFaculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Ewa TrejnowskaDepartment of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Therapy, Silesian Centre for Heart Diseases, Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.
Szymon SkoczyńskiDepartment of Pneumonology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1796-7659
Jadwiga GaborFaculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4850-1608
Beata SwinarewLukasiewicz Research Network-Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4753-7791
Klaudia GrzywnowiczFaculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Hubert OkłaFaculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7210-2995
Krzysztof JasikDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3974-6507
Arkadiusz StanulaInstitute of Sport Science, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, 40-065 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1759-6456
Grzegorz BrożekDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Medicine in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia Katowice, 40-752 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0716-6471
Andrzej S SwinarewFaculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6116-9510
Medical University of Silesia · PLUniversity of Silesia in Katowice · PLAkademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach · PLŁukasiewicz Research Network - Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the era of modern medicine, the number of invasive treatments increases. Artificial devices used in medicine are associated with an increased risk of secondary infections. Bacterial biofilm development observed on the implanted surface is challenging to treat, primarily due to low antibiotics penetration. In our study, the preparation of a new polycarbonate composite, filled with nanosilver, nanosilica and rhodamine B derivative, suitable for three-dimensional printing, is described. Polymer materials with antimicrobial properties are known. However, in most cases, protection is limited to the outer layers only. The newly developed materials are protected in their entire volume. Moreover, the antibacterial properties are retained after multiple high-temperature processing were performed, allowing them to be used in 3D printing. Bacterial population reduction was observed, which gives an assumption for those materials to be clinically tested in the production of various medical devices and for the reduction of morbidity and mortality caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Indexed as

antibacterial activitybacterial biofilmhealthcare-related infectionpolycarbonate

Identifiers

PMID34443247
PMCPMC8400390
OpenAlexW3195235592

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