[An improved model of a catheterised human bladder for screening bactericidal agents]

Catheter encrustation and associated blockage by a crystalline Proteus mirabilis biofilm constitute a continuous problem in long-term catheterised patients. The objective of the present work was to verify a new, physiological bladder model possessing the ability to show that triclosan-blocking solutions exert bactericidal and bacteriostatic activities.

Schulz A, Vestweber AM, Leis W, Stark D, Dressler D

Current Urol. 2008 Jan; 39(1):53-7. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-980096.