Conclusions: These results showed that public telephones are contaminated with various types of microorganisms and the level of contamination changes significantly with time. (C) 2005 The British Infection Society. Published ...

In this study, antimicrobial polycaprolactone composite films containing 12.5% silica and 0.15% silver nanorods were prepared using the roll-milling method. The destruction of E. coli and S. aureus on the surface of the ...