Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers

Infection by pathogenic bacteria on implanted and indwelling medical devices during surgery causes large morbidity and mortality worldwide. Attempts to ameliorate this important medical issue have included development of antimicrobial surfaces on materials, ‘no touch’ surgical procedures, and develo...

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Main Authors: Epa, V.C., Hook, Andrew L., Chang, C., Yang, Jing, Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G., Williams, P., Davies, Martyn C., Alexander, Morgan R., Winkler, David A.
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author Epa, V.C.
Hook, Andrew L.
Chang, C.
Yang, Jing
Langer, Robert
Anderson, Daniel G.
Williams, P.
Davies, Martyn C.
Alexander, Morgan R.
Winkler, David A.
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Hook, Andrew L.
Chang, C.
Yang, Jing
Langer, Robert
Anderson, Daniel G.
Williams, P.
Davies, Martyn C.
Alexander, Morgan R.
Winkler, David A.
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description Infection by pathogenic bacteria on implanted and indwelling medical devices during surgery causes large morbidity and mortality worldwide. Attempts to ameliorate this important medical issue have included development of antimicrobial surfaces on materials, ‘no touch’ surgical procedures, and development of materials with inherent low pathogen attachment. The search for new materials is increasingly being carried out by high throughput methods. Efficient methods for extracting knowledge from these large data sets are essential. We used data from a large polymer microarray exposed to three clinical pathogens to derive robust and predictive machine-learning models of pathogen attachment. The models could predict pathogen attachment for the polymer library quantitatively. The models also successfully predicted pathogen attachment for a second-generation library, and identified polymer surface chemistries that enhance or diminish pathogen attachment.
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spelling nottingham-308732020-05-04T16:46:52Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30873/ Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers Epa, V.C. Hook, Andrew L. Chang, C. Yang, Jing Langer, Robert Anderson, Daniel G. Williams, P. Davies, Martyn C. Alexander, Morgan R. Winkler, David A. Infection by pathogenic bacteria on implanted and indwelling medical devices during surgery causes large morbidity and mortality worldwide. Attempts to ameliorate this important medical issue have included development of antimicrobial surfaces on materials, ‘no touch’ surgical procedures, and development of materials with inherent low pathogen attachment. The search for new materials is increasingly being carried out by high throughput methods. Efficient methods for extracting knowledge from these large data sets are essential. We used data from a large polymer microarray exposed to three clinical pathogens to derive robust and predictive machine-learning models of pathogen attachment. The models could predict pathogen attachment for the polymer library quantitatively. The models also successfully predicted pathogen attachment for a second-generation library, and identified polymer surface chemistries that enhance or diminish pathogen attachment. Wiley 2014-04-09 Article PeerReviewed Epa, V.C., Hook, Andrew L., Chang, C., Yang, Jing, Langer, Robert, Anderson, Daniel G., Williams, P., Davies, Martyn C., Alexander, Morgan R. and Winkler, David A. (2014) Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers. Advanced Functional Materials, 24 (14). pp. 2085-2093. ISSN 1616-3028 high throughput; structure–property relationship; pathogen attachment; sparse Bayesian methods; medical devices; nosocomial infections http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.201302877/abstract doi:10.1002/adfm.201302877 doi:10.1002/adfm.201302877
spellingShingle high throughput; structure–property relationship; pathogen attachment; sparse Bayesian methods; medical devices; nosocomial infections
Epa, V.C.
Hook, Andrew L.
Chang, C.
Yang, Jing
Langer, Robert
Anderson, Daniel G.
Williams, P.
Davies, Martyn C.
Alexander, Morgan R.
Winkler, David A.
Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
title Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
title_full Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
title_fullStr Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
title_full_unstemmed Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
title_short Modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
title_sort modelling and prediction of bacterial attachment to polymers
topic high throughput; structure–property relationship; pathogen attachment; sparse Bayesian methods; medical devices; nosocomial infections
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