This article highlights new members, novel mechanisms of action, new functions, and
interesting applications of antimicrobial peptides reported in 2014. As of December 2014 …

Biofilms are aggregates formed as a protective survival state by microorganisms to adapt to
the environment and can be resistant to antimicrobial agents and host immune responses …

Health leaders and scientists worldwide consider antibiotic resistance among the world's
most dangerous pathogens as one of the biggest threats to global health. Antibiotic …

In the biofilm form, bacteria are more resistant to various antimicrobial treatments. Bacteria in
a biofilm can also survive harsh conditions and withstand the host's immune system …

The innate and evolutionary resourcefulness of bacterial pathogens virtually guarantees that
there will always be important areas in which antimicrobial therapy can be improved …

The field of antimicrobial polymers has increasingly grown over the past 10 years, and is
expected to have a further rapid expansion in the next few years. The application of these …

Antibacterial coatings are rapidly emerging as a primary component of the global mitigation
strategy of bacterial pathogens. Thanks to recent concurrent advances in materials science …

Pathogenic microbial biofilm, a consortium of microbial cells protected by a self-produced
polymer matrix, is considered a worldwide challenge due to the inherent antibiotic …

Indwelling device infections now represent life-threatening circumstances as a result of the
biofilms' tolerance to antibiotic treatments. Current antibiotic impregnation approaches …

Highly antibiotic resistant, microbial communities, referred to as biofilms, cause various life-
threatening infections in humans. At least two-thirds of all clinical infections are biofilm …