antibiotic bonding
antibiotic bonding
A technique that pre-treats plastics used for indwelling devices (e.g., intravascular catheters) in order to prevent being coated by bacterial glycocalyx, which counteracts host opsonisation and renders systemic antibiotics ineffective.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
antibiotic bonding
A technique that pretreats plastics used for indwelling devices–eg, intravascular catheters, in order to prevent their being coated by bacterial glycocalyx, which counteracts host opsonization, and renders systemic antibiotics ineffectiveMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
an·ti·bi·ot·ic bond·ing
(an'tē-bī-ot'ik bond'ing)Coating of an indwelling tube or catheter with a complex of surfactant and antibiotic to reduce the risk of infection.
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