Control of biofilm infections by signal manipulation
By: Naomi Balaban, editor ; foreword by J. William Costerton
Series: Springer series on biofilms -- 2; Springer series on biofilms -- 2.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9783540738527; 9783540738534
Subjects: Biofilms; Cellular signal transduction; Signal Transduction; Bakterielle Infektion; Quorum Sensing; Biofilm; Bacterial Infections; Treatment; Bacterial diseases; Zellkommunikation; Inhibition; Chemical inhibitors
Description: "The medical miracle of antibiotics is being eroded by the emergence and spread of bacterial drug resistance. This is compounded by the fact that bacterial bio-films are believed to be a common cause of persistent infections, where growing in a biofilm, bacteria are protected from the host's immune response and antibiotics. This book describes the molecular mechanisms of bacterial cell-to-cell communication (quorum sensing), the development of anti-biofilm inhibitors, and the use of such inhibitors to prevent and treat biofilm-associated bacterial infections in animals and humans."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.