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Biofilm-based Healthcare-associated Infections

Volume I

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Gianfranco Donelli

    1. Microbial Biofilm Laboratory, Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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  • Provides readers with a wide overview of the main healthcare-associated infections
  • Contains recently acquired knowledge on the pivotal role played by biofilm-growing microorganisms in healthcare-related infections
  • Includes most innovative strategies for prevention and treatment
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 830)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Biofilm Formation by Clinical Isolates and Its Relevance to Clinical Infections

    • Kevin S. Akers, Anthony P. Cardile, Joseph C. Wenke, Clinton K. Murray
    Pages 1-28

  3. Biofilm-Based Implant Infections in Orthopaedics

    • Carla Renata Arciola, Davide Campoccia, Garth D. Ehrlich, Lucio Montanaro
    Pages 29-46

  4. Clinical and Microbiological Aspects of Biofilm-Associated Surgical Site Infections

    • Charles E. Edmiston Jr., Andrew J. McBain, Christopher Roberts, David Leaper
    Pages 47-67

  5. Peri-Implant Infections of Oral Biofilm Etiology

    • Georgios N. Belibasakis, Georgios Charalampakis, Nagihan Bostanci, Bernd Stadlinger
    Pages 69-84

  6. Microbiological Diversity of Peri-Implantitis Biofilms

    • Marcelo Faveri, Luciene Cristina Figueiredo, Jamil Awad Shibli, Paula Juliana Pérez-Chaparro, Magda Feres
    Pages 85-96

  7. Anaerobes in Biofilm-Based Healthcare-Associated Infections

    • Claudia Vuotto, Gianfranco Donelli
    Pages 97-112

  8. Microbial Biofilm Development on Neonatal Enteral Feeding Tubes

    • Noha A. Juma, Stephen J. Forsythe
    Pages 113-121

  9. Voice Prostheses, Microbial Colonization and Biofilm Formation

    • Matthias Leonhard, Berit Schneider-Stickler
    Pages 123-136

  10. Microbial Composition and Antibiotic Resistance of Biofilms Recovered from Endotracheal Tubes of Mechanically Ventilated Patients

    • Ilse Vandecandelaere, Tom Coenye
    Pages 137-155

  11. Biofilm-Based Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

    • Ammar Yousif, Mohamed A. Jamal, Issam Raad
    Pages 157-179

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 181-185
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About this book

The aim of this book is to provide readers with a wide overview of the main healthcare-associated infections caused by bacteria and fungi able to grow as biofilm. The recently acquired knowledge on the pivotal role played by biofilm-growing microorganisms in healthcare-related infections has given a new dynamic to detection, prevention and treatment of these infections in patients admitted to both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities. Clinicians, hygienists and microbiologists will be updated by leading scientists on the state-of-art of biofilm-based infections and on the most innovative strategies for prevention and treatment of these infections, often caused by emerging multidrug-resistant biofilm-growing microorganisms.

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“The purpose is to summarize our knowledge of biofilm-based HAIs, for infections that are well recognized as biofilm-based as well as for less well-characterized infections. … this is a worthy addition to the shelves of clinician-scientists wishing to gain a better appreciation of the role of biofilms in HAIs and those who desire a concise compilation of forward-looking approaches to treatment and prevention of these infections.” (Mark E. Rupp, Doody’s Book Reviews, March, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Microbial Biofilm Laboratory, Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Gianfranco Donelli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biofilm-based Healthcare-associated Infections

  • Book Subtitle: Volume I

  • Editors: Gianfranco Donelli

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11038-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

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

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11037-0Published: 17 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35604-4Published: 22 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11038-7Published: 03 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 185

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Bacteriology, Infectious Diseases

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