Medical Biofilms, Detection, Prevention and Control

Medical Biofilms, Detection, Prevention and Control
by Jana Jass (Editor), Susanne Surman (Editor), James Walker (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 314 pages
* Publisher: Wiley (April 25, 2003)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0471988677

Book Description
Biofilms are formed by microorganisms growing on surfaces and comprise a series of microcolonies interspersed with spaces through which fluids and other microorganisms move. In medicine, the primary problems are biofilms associated with implants: infections are increasingly difficult to treat with traditional antibiotics and removal of the implant often becomes essential, frequently leading to higher morbidity and mortality.
* This will be the first book dedicated to medical biofilms.
* It will cover much recent information on the problems of biofilms, how to detect them and how to control their presence.

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Biofilms: Recent Advances in their Study and Control

Biofilms: Recent Advances in their Study and Control
by L V Evans (Editor)

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* Hardcover: 466 pages
* Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (December 21, 2000)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 9058230937

Book Description
Biofilms affect the lives of all of us, growing as they do for example on our teeth (as plaque), on catheters and medical implants in our bodies, on our boats and ships, in food processing environments, and in drinking and industrial water treatment systems. They are highly complex biological communities whose detailed structure and functioning is only gradually being unravelled, with the development of increasingly sophisticated technology for their study. Biofilms almost always have a negative impact on human affairs (flocs in sewage treatment plants are a major exception) and a lot of research is being carried out to gain a better understanding of them, so that we will be in a better position to control them. This volume, with contributions by international experts from widely diverse areas of this field, presents a state-of-the-art picture of where we are at present in terms of our knowledge of biofilms, the techniques being used to study them, and possible strategies for controlling their growth more successfully. It should provide a valuable reference source for information on biofilms and their control for many years to come.

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