Microbial biofilms have caused serious concerns in healthcare, medical, and food industries
because of their intrinsic resistance against conventional antibiotics and cleaning …

Because of the aging human population and increased numbers of surgical procedures
being performed, there is a growing number of biomedical devices being implanted each …

It is expected that the projected increased usage of implantable devices in medicine will
result in a natural rise in the number of infections related to these cases. Some patients are …

Titanium and titanium alloys are key biomedical materials because of their good
biocompatibility and mechanical properties. Nevertheless, infection on and around titanium …

Biofilms play a pivotal role in healthcare-associated infections, especially those related to
the implant of medical devices, such as intravascular catheters, urinary catheters and …

Dental implants have 89% plus survival rates at 10–15 years, but peri‐implantitis or dental
implant infections may be as high as 14%. Peri‐implantitis can limit clinical success and …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate for human infectious diseases
caused by bacteria with a biofilm phenotype is 65 percent and the National Institutes of …

Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications following the implantation of
biomaterials and can lead to aseptic loosening, prosthesis failure, and even morbidity or …

PURPOSE: Biofilm theory has emerged to explain the etiology of the chronic infections that
have come to constitute between 65% to 80% of the microbial diseases treated by …

Microbial biofilms are responsible for a variety of microbial infections in different parts of the
body, such as urinary tract infections, catheter infections, middle-ear infections, gingivitis …