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Iolanda Francolini
Researcher at Sapienza University of Rome
Publications - 88
Citations - 2873
Iolanda Francolini is an academic researcher from Sapienza University of Rome. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antimicrobial & Polymer. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 76 publications receiving 2298 citations. Previous affiliations of Iolanda Francolini include Istituto Superiore di Sanità & Montana State University.
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Prevention and control of biofilm-based medical-device-related infections
TL;DR: The most successful approaches for the control and prevention of healthcare-associated infections as well as promising perspectives for the development of novel devices refractory to microbial adhesion, colonization and biofilm formation are reviewed.
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Usnic Acid, a Natural Antimicrobial Agent Able To Inhibit Bacterial Biofilm Formation on Polymer Surfaces
TL;DR: The evidence suggests that (+)-usnic acid, a secondary lichen metabolite, possesses antimicrobial activity against a number of planktonic gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, and Enteritis faecium.
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Antifouling and antimicrobial biomaterials: an overview.
TL;DR: The present overview will address the development in the last two decades of antifouling and antimicrobial biomaterials designed to potentially limit the initial stages of microbial adhesion, as well as the microbial growth and biofilm formation on medical device surfaces.
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Synergistic activity of dispersin B and cefamandole nafate in inhibition of staphylococcal biofilm growth on polyurethanes.
Gianfranco Donelli,Iolanda Francolini,D. Romoli,Emilio Guaglianone,Antonella Piozzi,Chandran Ragunath,Jeffrey B. Kaplan +6 more
TL;DR: New polymeric matrices able to bind dispersin B either alone or in combination with an antibiotic molecule, cefamandole nafate (CEF) are developed, characterizing these polymer-dispersin B-antibiotic systems as promising, highly effective tools for preventing bacterial colonization of medical devices.
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Efficacy of antiadhesive, antibiotic and antiseptic coatings in preventing catheter-related infections: Review
TL;DR: The features and the clinical efficacy of different antimicrobial coatings are reviewed and a large number of surface-treated central venous catheters are now commercially available.