Biofilm-based Healthcare-associated Infections (eBook)

1. Persister cells in biofilm associated infections; Brian P. Conlon, Sarah E. Rowe and Kim Lewis2. Fungal biofilms in human disease; Craig Williams  and Gordon Ramage3. Biofilm-Infected Pressure Ulcers: Current Knowledge and Emerging Treatment Strategies; Louise Suleman and Steven L Percival4. Microbial biofilms and adverse reactions to gel fillers used in cosmetic surgery; Morten Alhede, Lise H Christensen and Thomas Bjarnsholt5. Role of biofilms in breast implant associated infections and capsular contracture; Jose L del Pozo, Cristina Auba  6. Innovative strategies for combating biofilm-based infections; Roberta J. Melander & Christian Melander7. Antimicrobial polymers for anti-biofilm medical devices: state of art and perspectives; Iolanda Francolini, Gianfranco Donelli, Fernanda Crisante, Vincenzo Taresco, Antonella Piozzi 8. Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy for Treatment of Biofilm-based Infections; Merrill A Biel9. Anti-Biofilm Agents in Control of Device-Related Infections; Salman Ahmed and Rabih O. Darouiche10. Lipid- and polymer-based drug delivery carriers for eradicating microbial biofilms causing medical device-related infections; Tamilvanan Shunmugaperumal, Varinder Kaur, Raja Sekharan Thenrajan.