Table 16.

Antibacterial Co-based alloys.

Alloy system	Bacteria (antibacterial rate[Ref.])
Co–Cr–Mo	S. aureus, S. epidermidis, CNS (No [382])
Co29Cr6Mo-xCu	S. aureus (>90% [20])
Co(28–29)Cr9W-xCu	S. aureus (>99.99% [383]); E. coli (>90% [21,383], No [384])
Co19Cr10Ni14W-xCu	S. aureus (51.1%- > 90% [380]); E.coli (63.3%- > 90% [380])
Co-30at.%Cr-5at.%Ag	S. aureus (72.6% [381]), E.coli (90.5% [381])

Note: 24 h incubation as default.