Umfang:
Online-Ressource (XIV, 350p. 59 illus., 39 illus. in color, digital)
ISBN:
9781441960849
Serie:
SpringerLink
Inhalt:
This book will cover both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics and treatment regimes. A still increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms has been seen since it was realized that that less than 0.1 per cent of the total microbial biomass lives in the planktonic mode of growth. The term was coined in 1978 by Costerton et al. who defined the term biofilm for the first time. In 1993 the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognised that the biofilmmode of growth was
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
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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
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781441960832
Weitere Ausg.:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Biofilm infections New York : Springer, 2011 ISBN 9781441960832
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Biologie
Schlagwort(e):
Bakterielle Infektion
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Biofilm
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4419-6084-9
URL:
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