Medical Implications of Biofilms

-Univ. College, London, UK.
-Discusses the application of new microscopic and molecular
techniques aimed at understanding biofilm structure,
composition, organization, and activities.
-Addresses biofilms on prosthetic devices, oral biofilms, and
biofilms on shedding surfaces.
-For researchers.




Preface
List of Contributors
1 Biofilm-Dependent Regulation of Gene Expression 3
2 Quorum Sensing and Microbial Biofilms 18
3 Antimicrobial Agents and Biofilms 36
4 Animal Models of Orthopaedic Implant Infection 59
5 Intravascular-Catheter-Related Infections 86
6 Molecular Basis of Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus
epidermidis 110
7 Biofilm Complications of Urinary Tract Devices 136
8 Novel Microscopic Methods to Study the Structure and
Metabolism of Oral Biofilms 173
9 Oral Streptococcal Genes That Encode Biofilm Formation 189
10 Gene Expression in Oral Biofilms 212
11 Dissection of the Genetic Pathway Leading to Multicellular
Behaviour in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium and Other
Enterobacteriaceae 231
12 Bacterial Growth on Mucosal Surfaces and Biofilms in the
Large Bowel 262
13 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms in Lung Infection 287

Index 311