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Medical Biofilms: Detection, Prevention and Control - Hardcover

 
9780471988670: Medical Biofilms: Detection, Prevention and Control
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0471988677 ISBN 13: 9780471988670
Publisher: Wiley, 2003

Synopsis

Biofilms are formed by microorganisms growing on surfaces and comprise a series of microcolonies interspersed with spaces through which fluids and other microorganisms move. In medicine, the primary problems are biofilms associated with implants: infections are increasingly difficult to treat with traditional antibiotics and removal of the implant often becomes essential, frequently leading to higher morbidity and mortality.

  • This will be the first book dedicated to medical biofilms.
  • It will cover much recent information on the problems of biofilms, how to detect them and how to control their presence.

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About the Author

Jana Jass is the editor of Medical Biofilms: Detection, Prevention and Control, published by Wiley.

Susanne Surman is the editor of Medical Biofilms: Detection, Prevention and Control, published by Wiley.

James Walker is the editor of Medical Biofilms: Detection, Prevention and Control, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

Biofilms are a common problem in the medical and dental industries. The increased use of implants such as catheters, prostheses and pacemakers in medical practice leads to complications resulting from biofilm formation. Infections associated with implants and chronic infections of tissues are often difficult to treat with traditional antibiotic therapy and frequently become persistent.

Medical Biofilms provides a comprehensive guide describing the problems that biofilms create. It includes examples, the techniques used to detect biofilms, and how infections involving biofilms are presently controlled and eliminated.

Written by international experts in the field, this book will be essential reading for people in the medical device, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, professionals and students in medicine and dentistry, medical microbiologists and biomaterial scientists.

From the Inside Flap

Biofilms are a common problem in the medical and dental industries. The increased use of implants such as catheters, prostheses and pacemakers in medical practice leads to complications resulting from biofilm formation. Infections associated with implants and chronic infections of tissues are often difficult to treat with traditional antibiotic therapy and frequently become persistent.

Medical Biofilms provides a comprehensive guide describing the problems that biofilms create. It includes examples, the techniques used to detect biofilms, and how infections involving biofilms are presently controlled and eliminated.

Written by international experts in the field, this book will be essential reading for people in the medical device, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries, professionals and students in medicine and dentistry, medical microbiologists and biomaterial scientists.

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Publisher
Wiley
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0471988677
ISBN 13 
9780471988670
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
313
Editor
Jass Jana, Surman Susanne, Walker James