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PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
卷 70, 期 3, 页码 205-211出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12165
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biofilms; microbial biofilms; biofilm infection; foreign body infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; cystic fibrosis
The observation of aggregated microorganisms surrounded by a self-produced matrix adhering to surfaces or located in tissues or secretions is as old as microbiology, with both Leeuwenhoek and Pasteur describing the phenomenon. In environmental and technical microbiology, biofilms were already shown 80-90years ago to be important for biofouling on submerged surfaces, e.g. ships. The concept of biofilm infections and their importance in medicine is, however, <40years old and was started by Jendresen's observations of aquired dental pellicles and my own observations of heaps of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells in sputum and lung tissue from chronically infected cystic fibrosis patients. The term biofilm was introduced into medicine in 1985 by Costerton. In the following decades, it became obvious that biofilm infections are widespread in medicine, and their importance is now generally accepted.
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