Extracellular biofilm matrix leads to microbial dysbiosis and reduces biofilm susceptibility to antimicrobials on titanium biomaterial: An in vitro and in situ study.
Raphael Cavalcante CostaJoão Gabriel Silva SouzaMartinna Mendonça BertoliniBelen Retamal-ValdesMagda Gomes FeresValentim Adelino Ricardo BarãoPublished in: Clinical oral implants research (2020)
Altogether, our data provide new insights of how EPS matrix creates an environment that favors putative pathogens growth and shed light to a promising approach that uses matrix disruption as initial step to potentially improve implant-related infections treatment.