Biofilm-Based Nosocomial Infections

• 1. autor: Gianfranco Donelli (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2015
• Hasła przedmiotowe: multidrug resistant microorganisms; prostheses; medical devices; antibiotic resistance; general hospitals; long-term care settings; medical instruments; bacterial biofilms; nosocomial Infections; fungal biofilms; healthcare-associated infections
• Dostęp online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Microbial biofilms have been implicated in a large number of acute and chronic infections, as well as in the failure of antibiotic treatment, particularly in hospitalized patients. In fact, the well-known persistence in the nosocomial environment of multidrug resistant microorganisms is believed to...