Control of biofilm infections by signal manipulation

Description:

"The medical miracle of antibiotics is being eroded by the emergence and spread of bacterial drug resistance. This is compounded by the fact that bacterial bio-films are believed to be a common cause of persistent infections, where growing in a biofilm, bacteria are protected from the host's immune response and antibiotics. This book describes the molecular mechanisms of bacterial cell-to-cell communication (quorum sensing), the development of anti-biofilm inhibitors, and the use of such inhibitors to prevent and treat biofilm-associated bacterial infections in animals and humans."--Jacket.

subjects: Biofilms,  Cellular signal transduction,  Signal Transduction,  Bakterielle Infektion,  Quorum Sensing,  Biofilm,  Bacterial Infections,  Treatment,  Bacterial diseases,  Zellkommunikation,  Inhibition,  Chemical inhibitors