Anti-infective Surface Coatings: Design and Therapeutic Promise against Device-Associated Infections
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1 Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia, Australia, 2 Infection and Immunity Program and the Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Clinical School, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 Infection and Immunity Program and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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