Vitamin E for prevention of biofilm-caused Healthcare-associated infections

Abstract

The healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) occur in patients both in nosocomial environments and in community. More often HCAIs are associated to the use of medical devices and bacterial biofilm development on these equipments. Due to the clinical and economic relevance of this topic, new strategies for the treatment of infections caused by biofilm proliferation are unceasingly searched by scientists.

Keywords

• medical devices
• catheter
• biofilm
• vitamin e
• alpha-tocopheryl acetate