Imaging studies of bacterial biofilms on cochlear implants—Bioactive glass (BAG) inhibits mature biofilm

• Lisa Kirchhoff ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lisa.kirchhoff@uk-essen.de (LK); Benedikt.Hoeing@uk-essen.de (BH)

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2015-275X

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• Diana Arweiler-Harbeck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Judith Arnolds,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Timon Hussain,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Stefan Hansen,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Ralph Bertram,

  Roles Conceptualization, Validation

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Infectiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuremberg, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0654-6381

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• Jan Buer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Stephan Lang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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• Joerg Steinmann,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, Institute of Clinical Hygiene, Medical Microbiology and Clinical Infectiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Klinikum Nuernberg, Nuremberg, Germany

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• Benedikt Höing

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: lisa.kirchhoff@uk-essen.de (LK); Benedikt.Hoeing@uk-essen.de (BH)

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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