Biofilm-based Healthcare-associated Infections: Volume I [Paperback]

The aim of this book is to provide readers with a wide overview of the main healthcare-associated infections caused by bacteria and fungi able to grow as biofilm. The recently acquired knowledge on the pivotal role played by biofilm-growing microorganisms in healthcare-related infections has given a new dynamic to detection, prevention and treatment of these infections in patients admitted to both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities. Clinicians, hygienists and microbiologists will be updated by leading scientists on the state-of-art of biofilm-based infections and on the most innovative strategies for prevention and treatment of these infections, often caused by emerging multidrug-resistant biofilm-growing microorganisms.1. Biofilm Formation by Clinical Isolates and its Relevance to Clinical Infections; Kevin S. Akers, Anthony P. Cardile, Joseph C. Wenke, Clinton K Murray
2. Biofilm-based implant infections in orthopaedics; Carla Renata Arciola, Davide Campoccia, Garth D. Ehrlich, Lucio Montanaro
3. Clinical and Microbiological Aspects of Biofilm-Associated Surgical Site Infections; Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., Andrew J. McBain, Christopher Roberts and David Leaper
4. Peri-implant infections of oral biofilm etiology; Georgios N. Belibasakis, Georgios Charalampakis, Nagihan Bostanci, Bernd Stadlinger
5. Microbiological diversity of peri-implantitis biofilms; Marcelo Faveri, Luciene Cristina Figueiredo, Jamil Awad Shibli, Juliana P?rez-Chaparro McCulloch, Magda Feres
6. Anaerobes in biofilm-based healthcare-associated infections; Claudia Vuotto and Gianfranco Donelli
7. Microbial biofilm development on neonatal enteral feeding tubes; Noha Juma and Stephen J. Forsythe
8. Voice prostheses, microbial colonization and biofilm formation; Matthias Leonhard and Berit Schneider-Stickler
9. Microbial composition and antibiotic resistance of biofilms recovered from endotracheal tubes of mechanicl‡