Microbial Biofilms: Pathogenicity and Treatment Strategies

Microbial Biofilms in Urinary Tract Infections and Prostatitis: Etiology, Pathogenicity, and Combating strategies

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most important causes of morbidity and health care spending affecting persons of all ages. Bacterial biofilms play an important role in UTIs, responsible for persistent infections leading to recurrences and relapses. UTIs associated with microbial biofilms developed on catheters account for a high percentage of all nosocomial infections and are the...

Microbial biofilms and their control by various antimicrobial strategies

In nature, bacteria as opposed to the planktonic form predominantly exist as biofilms. Biofilms are consortium of microorganisms and can be considered as complex communities of microorganisms which are embedded in a selfproduced matrix of extracellular polymeric substances attached to a substratum which can be inert or living surfaces. In the recent years, there is an increasing interest in stu...

Microbial Biofilms

Microbial Biofilms and Chronic Wounds

Background is provided on biofilms, including their formation, tolerance mechanisms, structure, and morphology within the context of chronic wounds. The features of biofilms in chronic wounds are discussed in detail, as is the impact of biofilm on wound chronicity. Difficulties associated with the use of standard susceptibility tests (minimum inhibitory concentrations or MICs) to determine appr...

Microbial Biofilms, Second Edition

M Biofilms provides an overview of the formation, structure/architecture, cell-to-cell interactions, and dispersal of fungal and bacterial biofilms. The target audience is biofilm researchers, but this second edition of the book should also be useful for healthcare practitioners seeking a better understanding of microbial biofilms in healthcare delivery. The number of published papers pertainin...