Biofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial Therapy

Biofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial Therapy

CRC Press

Biofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial TherapyAuthor(s): John L. Pace, Mark E. Rupp, Roger G. Finch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367392192, 978-0367392192\nSynopsis\nRather than existing in a planktonic or free-living form, evidence indicates that microbes show a preference for living in a sessile form within complex communities called biofilms. Biofilms appear to afford microbes a survival advantage by optimizing nutrition, offering protection against hostile elements, and providing a network for cell-to-cell signaling and genetic exchange.\n\nBiofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial Therapy provides an in-depth exploration of biofilms, offering broad background information, as well a detailed look at the serious concerns to which biofilm-associated infections give rise. \n\nProsthetic device infections, such as those involving artificial heart valves, intravascular catheters, or prosthetic joints, are prime o

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