it is known that some biomaterials are biodegradable, so if they are attacked by bacterial infection how long they can survive and is there any way assess this survivcal rate?
One place to start that makes clinical sense is the area of valve replacement when necessary in cases of Infective Endocarditis. BMC Surg. 2014; 14: 48.
Published online 2014 Aug 3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2482-14-48
PMCID: PMC4131057
Biodegradable materials for surgical management of infective endocarditis: new solution or a dead end street?
Patrick O Myers,corresponding author1 Mustafa Cikirikcioglu,1 and Afksendiyos Kalangos1
They review many databases to find optimal solutions in 49 manuscripts.
The references may lead you further into specifics of materials or other types of infections where this is a major issue.