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• Published Subscription 29 Sep 2016

  A Need of a Novel Antimicrobial Suture for Surgical Site Infection

  By Probinkr Roy, Pratap Kalita, Pougang Golmei, Iswar Hazarika, H. Lalhlenmawia, Rajat Subhra Dutta

  Abstract: Surgical site infections post-surgery are the major complications that lead to the patient’s longer hospitalization which directly increases treatment cost. Triclosan is an antibacterial agent which has been used in coating surgical sutures to prevent infection post-surgery. Triclosan is being used since many years in many consumer products; the bacterial strains which are emerging these days may slow down or get resistance of their effects which might lead to the …

  Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2016 · pp. 1–4 Read article →