Unravelling the antibacterial mechanisms of silver, copper and zinc nanoparticles incorporated on titanium bone implants

Background. The past four decades, the problem of resistant bacteria has emerged. As a result of biofilm formation of (resistant) bacteria on the implant, more implant-associated infections (IAI) occurred. This has caused an increase in orthopaedic implant revisions, causing a high burden of disease. To overcome the rising problem of resistance,...