Anti-Larval and Anti-Algal Natural Products from Marine Microorganisms as Sources of Anti-Biofilm Agents [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2022 Bacteria growing inside biofilms are more resistant to hostile environments, conventional antibiotics, and mechanical stresses than their planktonic counterparts.
Kai-Ling Wang, Bei Jiang, Ying Xu
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Anti-Biofilm Agents to Overcome Pseudomonas aeruginosa Antibiotic Resistance. [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals (Basel)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of world’s most threatening bacteria. In addition to the emerging prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains, the bacterium also possesses a wide variety of virulence traits that worsen the course of the infections. Particularly, its ability to form biofilms that protect colonies from antimicrobial agents is a major ...
Hanot M, Lohou E, Sonnet P.
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Ecology of Anti-Biofilm Agents II: Bacteriophage Exploitation and Biocontrol of Biofilm Bacteria [PDF]
Pharmaceuticals, 2015 Bacteriophages are the viruses of bacteria. In the guise of phage therapy they have been used for decades to successfully treat what are probable biofilm-containing chronic bacterial infections.
Stephen T. Abedon
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Characteristics of Metallic Nanoparticles (Especially Silver Nanoparticles) as Anti-Biofilm Agents [PDF]
AntibioticsBiofilm-associated infections account for a large proportion of chronic diseases and pose a major health challenge. Metal nanoparticles offer a new way to address this problem, by impairing microbial growth and biofilm formation and by causing degradation of existing biofilms.
Zhihe Yang +2 more
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Biofilm Attenuation by Bacteriophages
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2017 Biofilms are always a major concern in the healthcare field and food industry. The resistant properties of biofilm that allow bacteria to persist are difficult to study.
Manal Mohammed Alkhulaifi
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An Optimized Anti-adherence and Anti-biofilm Assay: Case Study of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles versus MRSA Biofilm [PDF]
Progress in Microbes and Molecular Biology, 2020 Biofilms form protective layers over bacteria that are associated with a majority of the hospital infections contributing to antibiotic resistance development in susceptible strains.
Hefa Mangzira Kemung +7 more
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Strategies for combating bacterial biofilms: A focus on anti-biofilm agents and their mechanisms of action [PDF]
Virulence, 2018 Biofilm refers to the complex, sessile communities of microbes found either attached to a surface or buried firmly in an extracellular matrix as aggregates. The biofilm matrix surrounding bacteria makes them tolerant to harsh conditions and resistant to antibacterial treatments.
Monalisa Tiwari +2 more
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Baicalin, a natural antimicrobial and anti-biofilm agent
Journal of Herbal Medicine, 2021 Abstract The development of drug-resistant bacteria as a result of the inappropriate use of antibiotics, has led to a study on other sources of drugs for the treatment of bacterial infections. Natural compounds derived from medicinal plants have long been considered a rich source of therapeutic agents.
Mahdi Asghari Ozma +8 more
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Prospects for Anti-Biofilm Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals, 2015 This commentary highlights several avenues currently being pursued in research labs to the development of new anti-biofilm pharmaceuticals. There is a real need for alternative therapeutic modalities for treating the persistent infections that sometimes ...
Philip S. Stewart
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Managing sticky situations - anti-biofilm agents. [PDF]
Germs, 2016 Biofilm-related infections are accountable for increasing morbidity and disability, particularly in an era when surgery has evolved to new heights and is able to repair or replace virtually any damaged component of the human body. Bacteria have recently been redefined as “intelligent” beings, able to communicate, coordinate, and store in their ...
Săndulescu O.
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