Biofilm Infections [electronic resource] /
Bjarnsholt, Thomas.editor.
Jensen, Peter Østrup.editor.
Moser, Claus.editor.
Høiby, Niels.editor.
There has been an increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms since it was discovered that the vast majority of the total microbial biomass exists as biofilms. Leeuwenhoek first described the aggregation of bacteria in 1677, but it was only recently recognized as being important in chronic infection. In 1993, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognized that the biofilm mode of growth was relevant to microbiology. This book covers both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics, pathogenesis, treatment regimes, and in vitro and in vivo models for studying biofilms. This is the first scientific book on biofilm infections, with chapters written by world- renowned scientists and clinicians. The intended audience of this book includes scientists, teachers at the university level, as well as clinicians. .
Description based upon print version of record.
Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction to Biofilms; 2 Chronic Wound Colonization, Infection, and Biofilms; 3 The Relation of Biofilms to Chronic Otitis MediaINTbreak;  and Other Ear-Related Chronic Infections; 4 Human Oral Bacterial Biofilms: Composition, Dynamics,INTbreak;  and Pathogenesis; 5 Implant-Associated Infection; 6 The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Infections of Catheters and Shunts; 7 Osteomyelitis; 8 The Importance of Biofilms in Chronic Rhinosinusitis; 9 Helicobacter pylori and Biofilm Formation
10 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms in the Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients11 Innate Immune Response to Infectious Biofilms; 12 Adaptive Immune Responses and Biofilm Infections; 13 Antibiotic Tolerance and Resistance in Biofilms; 14 Novel and Future Treatment Strategies; 15 Different Methods for Culturing Biofilms In Vitro; 16 In Vivo Models of Biofilm Infection; 17 Summary and Perspectives; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
There has been an increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms since it was discovered that the vast majority of the total microbial biomass exists as biofilms. Leeuwenhoek first described the aggregation of bacteria in 1677, but it was only recently recognized as being important in chronic infection. In 1993, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognized that the biofilm mode of growth was relevant to microbiology. This book covers both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics, pathogenesis, treatment regimes, and in vitro and in vivo models for studying biofilms. This is the first scientific book on biofilm infections, with chapters written by world- renowned scientists and clinicians. The intended audience of this book includes scientists, teachers at the university level, as well as clinicians. .
Microbiology.
Bacteriology.
Cell biology.
Microbiology.
Bacteriology.
Cell Biology.