Chronic infections caused by microbial biofilms represent an important clinical challenge. The recalcitrance of microbial biofilms to antimicrobials and to the immune system is a major …
LK Vestby, T Grønseth, R Simm, LL Nesse - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recognition of the fact that bacterial biofilm may play a role in the pathogenesis of disease has led to an increased focus on identifying diseases that may be biofilm-related. Biofilm …
O Ciofu, T Tolker-Nielsen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the six bacterial pathogens, Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas …
H Koo, RN Allan, RP Howlin, P Stoodley… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Biofilm formation is a key virulence factor for a wide range of microorganisms that cause chronic infections. The multifactorial nature of biofilm development and drug tolerance …
P Bowler, C Murphy, R Wolcott - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Objective To raise awareness of the role of environmental biofilm in the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance and its consideration in antimicrobial stewardship …
MM Mihai, MB Dima, B Dima, AM Holban - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wound healing has been intensely studied in order to develop an “ideal” technique that achieves expeditious recovery and reduces scarring to the minimum, thus ensuring function …
A Schulze, F Mitterer, JP Pombo, S Schild - Microbial Cell, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Notably, bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor facilitating many infectious disease processes. In this review we will focus on bacterial …
Chronic non-healing wounds have become a major worldwide healthcare burden. The impact of biofilms on chronic wound infection is well established. Despite increasing …
M Malone, T Bjarnsholt, AJ McBain… - Journal of wound …, 2017 - magonlinelibrary.com
The presence of biofilms in chronic non-healing wounds, has been identified through in vitro model and in vivo animal data. However, human chronic wound studies are under …