Biomaterial-Related Infections

Natália Martins^{1

2}, Célia F Rodrigues³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
² Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
³ LEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.

Editorial

Natália Martins et al. J Clin Med. 2020.

. 2020 Mar 7;9(3):722.

doi: 10.3390/jcm9030722.

Natália Martins^{1

2}, Célia F Rodrigues³

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal.
² Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal.
³ LEPABE-Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

Medical devices are a typical and important part of health care for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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