Healthcare-associated infections, medical devices and biofilms: risk, tolerance and control

Reduction of endotracheal tube biofilms using antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

(2015) Merrill A. Biel et al.   LASERS IN SURGERY AND MEDICINE

Antibiofilm and Antimicrobial Efficacy of DispersinB®-KSL-W Peptide-Based Wound Gel Against Chronic Wound Infection Associated Bacteria

(2014) Purushottam V. Gawande et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

The effectiveness of photodynamic therapy on planktonic cells and biofilms and its role in wound healing

(2014) Steven L Percival et al.   Future Microbiology

Antifouling polyurethanes to fight device-related staphylococcal infections: synthesis, characterization, and antibiofilm efficacy

(2014) Iolanda Francolini et al.   Pathogens and Disease

Evaluation of detergents and contact time on biofilm removal from flexible endoscopes

(2013) Wei Ren et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Modelling the transmission of healthcare associated infections: a systematic review

(2013) Esther van Kleef et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Small colony variants (SCVs) of Staphylococcus aureus – A bacterial survival strategy

(2013) Barbara C. Kahl   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Antibiotic pressure can induce the viable but non-culturable state in Staphylococcus aureus growing in biofilms

(2013) S. Pasquaroli et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Bacteriophage Therapy in Implant-Related Infections

(2013) Cengiz Yilmaz et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

Role of efflux pumps in the antibiotic resistance of bacteria embedded in a biofilm

(2013) Sara M. Soto   Virulence

Characterization of bacterial biofilms formed on urinary catheters

(2012) Ryad Djeribi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Analysis of the distribution of bacteria within urinary catheter biofilms using four different molecular techniques

(2012) Hyun-Sop Choe et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Inhibition of Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm by Trimethylsilane Plasma Coating

(2012) Yibao Ma et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Detection of viable but non-culturable staphylococci in biofilms from central venous catheters negative on standard microbiological assays

(2012) G. Zandri et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Towards diagnostic guidelines for biofilm-associated infections

(2012) Luanne Hall-Stoodley et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Synergistic antibacterial efficacy of early combination treatment with tobramycin and quorum-sensing inhibitors against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intraperitoneal foreign-body infection mouse model

(2012) L. D. Christensen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Microbiology of Explanted Suture Segments from Infected and Noninfected Surgical Patients

(2012) C. E. Edmiston et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of triple-lumen central venous catheters impregnated with silver nanoparticles (AgTive®) vs conventional catheters in intensive care unit patients

(2012) M. Antonelli et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Functional Features and Potential Applications in Biotechnology

(2012) Neelam Mangwani et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

In vivo modeling of biofilm-infected wounds: A review

(2012) Akhil K. Seth et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Human β-defensin 3 inhibits antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus biofilm formation

(2012) Chen Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH

Antimicrobial catheters for reduction of symptomatic urinary tract infection in adults requiring short-term catheterisation in hospital: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

(2012) Robert Pickard et al.   LANCET

Prevalence of biofilm formation in clinical isolates ofCandidaspecies causing bloodstream infection

(2012) Srisuda Pannanusorn et al.   MYCOSES

Assessment of Microbial Diversity in Biofilms Recovered from Endotracheal Tubes Using Culture Dependent and Independent Approaches

(2012) Ilse Vandecandelaere et al.   PLoS One

Novel Inhibitors of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence Gene Expression and Biofilm Formation

(2012) Yibao Ma et al.   PLoS One

A review of the scientific evidence for biofilms in wounds

(2012) Steven L. Percival et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

New approaches for treating staphylococcal biofilm infections

(2011) Megan R. Kiedrowski et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The prevention of biofilm colonization by multidrug-resistant pathogens that cause ventilator-associated pneumonia with antimicrobial-coated endotracheal tubes

(2011) Issam I. Raad et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Characterization of a mixed MRSA/MRSE biofilm in an explanted total ankle arthroplasty

(2011) Paul Stoodley et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Should we stay or should we go: mechanisms and ecological consequences for biofilm dispersal

(2011) Diane McDougald et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Antimicrobial tolerance and the significance of persister cells in recalcitrant chronic wound biofilms

(2011) Steven L. Percival et al.   WOUND REPAIR AND REGENERATION

Polyurethane anionomers containing metal ions with antimicrobial properties: Thermal, mechanical and biological characterization

(2010) I. Francolini et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Persister Cells

(2010) Kim Lewis   Annual Review of Microbiology

Ventilator‐Associated Tracheobronchitis and Pneumonia: Thinking Outside the Box

(2010) Donald E. Craven et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Activity of a silver-coated endotracheal tube in preclinical models of ventilator-associated pneumonia and a study after extubation*

(2010) Jordi Rello et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Prevention and control of biofilm-based medical-device-related infections

(2010) Iolanda Francolini et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial diversity in biofilm infections of the urinary tract with the use of sonication techniques: Table 1

(2010) Veronika Holá et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms in cystic fibrosis

(2010) Niels Høiby et al.   Future Microbiology

Penetration of antibiotics through Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

(2010) R. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Improved Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection by Multiplex PCR of Sonication Fluid from Removed Implants

(2010) Y. Achermann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm Dispersal: Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Potential Therapeutic Uses

(2010) J.B. Kaplan   JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH

Clinical and Economic Consequences of Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia

(2009) Alpesh Amin   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Characteristics of Biofilms from Urinary Tract Catheters and Presence of Biofilm-Related Components in Escherichia coli

(2009) Xiaoda Wang et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

Ventilator-associated infection

(2009) Lucy B Palmer   CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms

(2009) E. Karatan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Chronic Surgical Site Infection Due to Suture-Associated Polymicrobial Biofilm

(2009) Sandeep Kathju et al.   Surgical Infections

In Vitro Analysis of Tobramycin-Treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms on Cystic Fibrosis-Derived Airway Epithelial Cells

(2008) G. G. Anderson et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes and Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

(2008) Marin H. Kollef   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Distribution, Organization, and Ecology of Bacteria in Chronic Wounds

(2008) K. Kirketerp-Moller et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial biofilms in patients with indwelling urinary catheters

(2008) David J Stickler   Nature clinical practice. Urology

agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2008) Blaise R. Boles et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Quorum sensing inhibitory drugs as next generation antimicrobials: Worth the effort?

(2008) Thomas Bjarnsholt et al.   Current Infectious Disease Reports