Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to Dyneema Purity^® Patches and to Clinically Used Cardiovascular Prostheses

• Amir Basir ,

  * E-mail: amirbasir@hotmail.com (AB); reindert.nijland@wur.nl (RN)

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Paul Gründeman,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Frans Moll,

  Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Joost van Herwaarden,

  Affiliation Department of Vascular Surgery, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Gerard Pasterkamp,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Cardiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Reindert Nijland

  * E-mail: amirbasir@hotmail.com (AB); reindert.nijland@wur.nl (RN)

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0049-3768

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