Biofilms and Device-Associated Infections
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Biofilm".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 26797
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biofilms; microbial pathogenesis; Staphylococci; medical device infections, ODRIs antimicrobial resistance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Medical device-associated infections (DAIs) are a major clinical problem as they cause clinical failure and impaired functionality, as well as reduce the lifetime of medical devices, resulting in huge increases in hospital and socioeconomic costs. DAIs are associated with contamination of a device by bacteria such as Staphylococcal spp., Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as fungi such as Candida spp. These microbes are known to cause chronic persistent DAIs due to their ability to form biofilms, which protects them from the host’s immune system and antibiotics. Bacteria and fungi living in a biofilm tend to be resistant to antibiotics and thus require higher doses, and their failure often necessitates the removal of the infected device—hence, the increasing interest in understanding biofilm formation and persistence in association with medical devices.
With this Special Issue, we encourage researchers and clinicians to submit research articles, review articles, and short communications that address the various aspects of biofilm formation and persistence in association with DAIs, such as the biofilm matrix, epidemiology, imaging, microbial–host interactions, therapy, and prevention.
Dr. Llinos G. Harris
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biofilm
- Device-associated infection
- Staphylococci
- Candida
- Coatings
- Adhesion molecules
- Polysaccharide
- Accumulation proteins.