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Figure 2

From: An engineered micropattern to reduce bacterial colonization, platelet adhesion and fibrin sheath formation for improved biocompatibility of central venous catheters

Figure 2

The Sharklet micropattern reduces the colonization of two common CRBSI-associated pathogens after preconditioning with whole blood. Representative images of unpatterned, +3SK2x2 and-3SK2x2 TPU surfaces colonized for 18 h with S. epidermidis (top panels) and S. aureus (bottom panels). These qualitative images support the quantitative results in Table 1. Scale bar, 10 μm.

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