Microbial Biofilms: Role in Human Infectious Diseases

ISBN-13: 9780443192524 / Angielski

Mukesh Kumar Yadav; Jae Jun Song; Jorge E. Vidal

Spis treści

1. Bacterial Biofilms and infectious disease in human health: a concise review
2. Microbial biofilms: Role of biofilms in recurrent orthopaedic infections
3. Dental biofilms: Application of nanoparticles to combat biofilms
4. Streptococcus biofilms, and their role in human infectious diseases
5. Surface coating: Strategy to prevent bacteria adhesion on medical implants
6. Bacterial biofilm a major challenge in medical indwelling devices
7. Single-species and multi-species biofilms causing infections
8. Effects of environmental factors to promote formation of biofilms by respiratory pathogens
9. Gut Microbiota: Role of biofilms in human health
10. Antimicrobial/antibiotic resistance of biofilms and factors contributing to resistance
11. Cell to cell interaction and cell signalling in biofilms
12. Microbial biofilms and the skin microbiome
13. Synthetic and phyto-compounds to combat microbial biofilms
14. Next generation sequencing: Role in microbial biofilms study