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Biofilm Infections

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Editors:
  1. Thomas Bjarnsholt

    1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of International Health, Immu, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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  2. Peter Østrup Jensen

    1. Afsnit 9301, Department Clinical Microbiology, H:S Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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  3. Claus Moser

    1. Afsnit 9301, Department for Clinical Microbiology, H:S Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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  4. Niels Høiby

    1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of International Health, Immu, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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  • This will be the first book in this area to be devoted truly to diseases of biofilm infections.

  • Edited volume to include chapters by worldwide researchers

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction to Biofilms

    • Thomas Bjarnsholt
    Pages 1-9

  3. Chronic Wound Colonization, Infection, and Biofilms

    • Klaus Kirketerp-Møller, Karen Zulkowski, Garth James
    Pages 11-24

  4. The Relation of Biofilms to Chronic Otitis Media and Other Ear-Related Chronic Infections

    • Preben Homøe, Helle Krogh Johansen
    Pages 25-34

  5. Human Oral Bacterial Biofilms: Composition, Dynamics, and Pathogenesis

    • Robert J. Palmer Jr, Richard Darveau, Richard J. Lamont, Bente Nyvad, Ricardo P. Teles
    Pages 35-68

  6. Implant-Associated Infection

    • Werner Zimmerli, Andrej Trampuz
    Pages 69-90

  7. The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Infections of Catheters and Shunts

    • Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, Claus Moser, Paul Stoodley
    Pages 91-109

  8. Osteomyelitis

    • Graeme A. O’May, Rebecca A. Brady, Ranjani Prabhakara, Jeff G. Leid, Jason H. Calhoun, Mark E. Shirtliff
    Pages 111-137

  9. The Importance of Biofilms in Chronic Rhinosinusitis

    • Jeff G. Leid, Emily K. Cope, Stacy Parmenter, Mark E. Shirtliff, Scot Dowd, Randall Wolcott et al.
    Pages 139-160

  10. Helicobacter pylori and Biofilm Formation

    • Lone Rasmussen, Leif Percival Andersen
    Pages 161-166

  11. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms in the Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    • Niels Høiby, Helle Krogh Johansen, Claus Moser, Oana Ciofu, Peter Østrup Jensen, Mette Kolpen et al.
    Pages 167-184

  12. Innate Immune Response to Infectious Biofilms

    • Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser
    Pages 185-200

  13. Adaptive Immune Responses and Biofilm Infections

    • Claus Moser, Peter Østrup Jensen
    Pages 201-214

  14. Antibiotic Tolerance and Resistance in Biofilms

    • Oana Ciofu, Tim Tolker-Nielsen
    Pages 215-229

  15. Novel and Future Treatment Strategies

    • Morten Alhede, Tim Holm Jakobsen, Michael Givskov
    Pages 231-249

  16. Different Methods for Culturing Biofilms In Vitro

    • S. Brook Peterson, Yasuhiko Irie, Bradley R. Borlee, Keiji Murakami, Joe J. Harrison, Kelly M. Colvin et al.
    Pages 251-266

  17. In Vivo Models of Biofilm Infection

    • Kendra P. Rumbaugh, Nancy L. Carty
    Pages 267-290

  18. Summary and Perspectives

    • Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser, Niels Høiby
    Pages 291-294

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 295-314
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About this book

This book will cover both the evidence for biofilms in many chronic bacterial infections as well as the problems facing these infections such as diagnostics and treatment regimes. A still increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms has been seen since it was realized that that less than 0.1% of the total microbial biomass lives in the planktonic mode of growth. The term was coined in 1978 by Costerton et al. who defined the term biofilm for the first time.In 1993 the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) recognised that the biofilmmode of growth was relevant to microbiology. Lately many articles have been published on the clinical implications of bacterial biofilms. Both original articles and reviews concerning the biofilm problem are available.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of International Health, Immu, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    Thomas Bjarnsholt, Niels Høiby

  • Afsnit 9301, Department Clinical Microbiology, H:S Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    Peter Østrup Jensen

  • Afsnit 9301, Department for Clinical Microbiology, H:S Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    Claus Moser

About the editors

About the Editors: Thomas Bjarnsholt, Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 
Peter Oestrup Jensen, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Claus Moser, Ph.D., Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark 
Niels Hoeby, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biofilm Infections

  • Editors: Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser, Niels Høiby

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6084-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6083-2Published: 26 October 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8228-5Published: 11 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6084-9Published: 23 October 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 314

  • Topics: Microbiology, Bacteriology, Cell Biology

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