Antibiofilm Agents (eBook)

Part I: Medical Biofilms.- Biofilms in Disease.- The Use of DNA Methods to Characterize Biofilm Infection.- Imaging Biofilms in Tissue Specimens.- Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Fungi and Their Significance in Biofilms.- Horizontal Gene Transfer in Planktonic and Biofilm Modes.- The Role of Quorum Sensing in Biofilm Development.- Part II: Strategies for Biofilm Control.- Current and Emergent Control Strategies for Medical Biofilms.- The Effect of Plasmids and Other Biomolecules on the Effectiveness of Antibiofilm Agents.- Antimicrobial Coatings to Prevent Biofilm Formation on Medical Devices.- Medicinal Plants and Phytocompounds: A Potential Source of Novel Antibiofilm Agents.- Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Formation and Inhibition.- Novel Targets for Treatment Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms.- Inhibition of Fungal Biofilms.- Biofilm Control Strategies in Dental Health.- Inhibition of Polymicrobial Biofilms: Recent Trends.- Antibiofilm Strategies in the Food Industry.- Part III: The Future of Antibiofilm Agents.- Biofilm Inhibition by Nanoparticles.- Drug Delivery Systems That Eradicate and/or Prevent Biofilm Formation.- Eradication of Wound Biofilms by Electrical Stimulation.- The Effects of Photodynamic Therapy in Oral Biofilms.- Clinical and Regulatory Development of Antibiofilm Drugs: The Need, The Potential and The Challenges.