Biofilm-based Healthcare-associated Infections Volume I /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Donelli, Gianfranco (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 830
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Bacteriology.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Infectious Diseases.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Biofilm Formation by Clinical Isolates and its Relevance to Clinical Infections
• Biofilm-based implant infections in orthopaedics
• Clinical and Microbiological Aspects of Biofilm-Associated Surgical Site Infections
• Peri-implant infections of oral biofilm etiology
• Microbiological diversity of peri-implantitis biofilms
• Anaerobes in biofilm-based healthcare-associated infections
• Microbial biofilm development on neonatal enteral feeding tubes
• Voice prostheses, microbial colonization and biofilm formation
• Microbial composition and antibiotic resistance of biofilms recovered from endotracheal tubes of mechanically ventilated patients
• Biofilm and Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections.