Recognition of the fact that bacterial biofilm may play a role in the pathogenesis of disease
has led to an increased focus on identifying diseases that may be biofilm-related. Biofilm …

Bacteria can grow and proliferate either as single, independent cells or organized in
aggregates commonly referred to as biofilms. When bacteria succeed in forming a biofilm …

Biofilms cause chronic infections in tissues or by developing on the surfaces of medical
devices. Biofilm infections persist despite both antibiotic therapy and the innate and adaptive …

Acute infections caused by pathogenic bacteria have been studied extensively for well over
100 years. These infections killed millions of people in previous centuries, but they have …

Biofilms associated with the human body, particularly in typically sterile locations, are difficult
to diagnose and treat effectively because of their recalcitrance to conventional antibiotic …

Biofilms are multicellular microbial aggregates that can be associated with host mucosal
epithelia in the airway, gut, and genitourinary tract. The host environment plays a critical role …

Objectives To evaluate the presence of viruses and bacteria in middle ear and adenoids of
patients with and without otitis media with effusion (OME). Methods Adenoid samples and …

Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen of the
human respiratory tract and is a leading cause of respiratory infections in children and …

To study the extent of surface adenoid biofilm and to evaluate its role in the pathogenesis of
chronic otitis media with effusion (COME) in children. The study was carried out on 100 …

Objective/Hypothesis In this study, optical coherence tomography (OCT) is used to
noninvasively and quantitatively determine tympanic membrane (TM) thickness and the …