Biofilm antimicrobial susceptibility testing: where are we and where could we be going?

T Coenye - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Our knowledge about the fundamental aspects of biofilm biology, including the mechanisms
behind the reduced antimicrobial susceptibility of biofilms, has increased drastically over the …

Hijacking host components for bacterial biofilm formation: an advanced mechanism

R Mirzaei, R Ranjbar - International immunopharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofilm is a community of bacteria embedded in the extracellular matrix that accounts for
80% of bacterial infections. Biofilm enables bacterial cells to provide particular conditions …

Quantifying the natural history of biofilm formation in vivo during the establishment of chronic implant‐associated Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis in mice to …

K Nishitani, W Sutipornpalangkul… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While it is well known that Staphylococcus aureus establishes chronic implant‐associated
osteomyelitis by generating and persisting in biofilm, research to elucidate pathogen, and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of laboratory culture media on in vitro growth, adhesion, and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

G Wijesinghe, A Dilhari, B Gayani… - Medical Principles and …, 2019 - karger.com
Objective: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus dual-species biofilm
infections are notoriously difficult to manage. This study aimed at investigating the influence …

A novel bacteriophage cocktail reduces and disperses Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms under static and flow conditions

DR Alves, P Perez‐Esteban, W Kot… - Microbial …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
P seudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that forms highly stable
communities–biofilms, which contribute to the establishment and maintenance of infections …

Searching for the secret of stickiness: how biofilms adhere to surfaces

Z Jiang, T Nero, S Mukherjee, R Olson… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial biofilms are communities of cells enclosed in an extracellular polymeric matrix in
which cells adhere to each other and to foreign surfaces. The development of a biofilm is a …

Screening a commercial library of pharmacologically active small molecules against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

NS Torres, JJ Abercrombie, A Srinivasan… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
It is now well established that bacterial infections are often associated with biofilm
phenotypes that demonstrate increased resistance to common antimicrobials. Further, due …

Environmental factors modulate biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus

Y Liu, J Zhang, Y Ji - Science Progress, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Biofilm formation on indwelling medical devices represents an exclusive evasion
mechanism for many pathogenic bacteria to establish chronic infections. Staphylococcus …

Enzymatic degradation of in vitro Staphylococcus aureus biofilms supplemented with human plasma

CM Watters, T Burton, DK Kirui… - Infection and drug …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Enzymatic debridement is a therapeutic strategy used clinically to remove necrotic tissue
from wounds. Some of the enzymes utilized for debridement have been tested against …

Prostaglandin E2 from Candida albicans Stimulates the Growth of Staphylococcus aureus in Mixed Biofilms

J Krause, G Geginat, I Tammer - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Previous studies showed that Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans
interact synergistically in dual species biofilms resulting in enhanced mortality in animal …