Silver dressings key to MRSA inhibition

Link: Bench to Business.

W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced that laboratory results show GORE DUALMESH(R) PLUS Biomaterial is the only hernia repair material inhibiting bacterial colonization of the device for up to 14 days post-implantation and the only prosthetic patch resisting initial biofilm formation over the same period of time. Gore's antimicrobial technology provides effective inhibition of bacterial colonization of prosthetic biomedical implants by 10 different strains of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, comprised of laboratory and clinical isolates, including drug-resistant "superbugs" such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-resistance Enterococcus Faecalis (VRE). GORE DUALMESH(R) PLUS Biomaterial is the only two-sided, prosthetic patch loaded with the antimicrobial agents silver and chlorhexidine indicated for the reconstruction of hernias and soft tissue deficiencies. Silver and chlorhexidine act synergistically to inhibit microbial colonization of the device post-implantation by permeating bacterial cell walls and binding bacterial cell proteins.