This study demonstrates the possibility of rapid CE separation of MSSA and MRSA directly from whole human blood using FS capillary etched with supercritical water (SCW) [21,40–43]. The adherence of the MSSA and MRSA cells to the inner surface of the modified FS capillary etched with SCW together with the differences in their migration times at the CZE separation were monitored before [21]. The hydrophobicity of the etched FS capillary and the electroosmotic flow (EOF) were modified with (3-glycidyloxypropyl)trimethoxysilane (GOTMS) [21].
The bacterial adhesion to different kinds of surfaces of orthopaedic implant materials was discussed before [44]. The adhesion depends on the interactions which occur between cells, on the cell structures, shapes, and surface features at different levels of roughness of the surface. These properties were used in this work.