Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 261-264 , March 2010

In vitro Actinomyces israelii biofilm development on IUD copper surfaces

  • Mónica Carrillo

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology and Biofilms, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +52 686 566 4150; fax: +52 686 566 4150.
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  • Benjamín Valdez

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Materials, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
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  • Lidia Vargas

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Materials, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
    • ,
  • Lydia Alvarez

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Materials, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
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  • Miguel Schorr

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Materials, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
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  • Roumen Zlatev

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Electrochemistry, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
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  • Margarita Stoytcheva

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Electrochemistry, Engineering Institute, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, 21280 Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Received 20 January 2009 ,Revised 17 September 2009 ,Accepted 18 September 2009.

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PII: S0010-7824(09)00418-1

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.09.008

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