Efficacy evaluation of antimicrobial drug-releasing polymer matrices

Iolanda Francolini; Antonella Piozzi; Gianfranco Donelli

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-0467-9_15

Efficacy evaluation of antimicrobial drug-releasing polymer matrices

Iolanda Francolini, Antonella Piozzi, Gianfranco Donelli

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Abstract

To assay in vitro antimicrobial activity of substances such as antibiotics or antiseptics, standard methods both in liquid and on solid media are available. These procedures cannot be adequate for testing antimicrobial-releasing or biocidal polymer systems. This chapter is focused on the description of methods that the authors have developed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of either antimicrobial agent-releasing polymers or biocidal polymers. These assays can be applied to different types of water-soluble or insoluble polymer matrices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-225
Number of pages	11
Journal	Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
Volume	1147
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0467-9_15
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Antimicrobial-releasing polymers
Biocidal polymers
Microbial biofilm
Polymer antimicrobial activity
Polymer surface-related infections

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Molecular Biology
Genetics
Medicine(all)

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