Introduction: Current international guidelines strongly recommend catheter removal in case of S. aureus central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLASBI), but a catheter salvage strategy may be c
BackgroundCatheter-Associated Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAI's) are caused by biofilm-forming bacteria. Using a novel approach, we generated anti-infective barrier on catheters by charging them wit
Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis), a human commensal, has been implicated in invasive infection in humans due to their ability to form biofilm. It is assumed that when a biofilm is dispersed