Biofilm Eradication and Prevention: A Pharmaceutical Approach to Medical Device Infections

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview of Biofilm (pages 1–35):
Chapter 2 Rationale for Biofilm Eradication from Modern Medical Devices (pages 36–72):
Chapter 3 Pathogenesis of Device?Related Nosocomial Infections (pages 73–86):
Chapter 4 Biofilm Resistance–Tolerance to Conventional Antimicrobial Agents (pages 87–115):
Chapter 5 Analytical Techniques Useful to Study Biofilms (pages 116–151):
Chapter 6 Biofilm?Related Infections in Ophthalmology (pages 153–183):
Chapter 7 Biofilm?Related Infections in the Oral Cavity (pages 184–225):
Chapter 8 Implications of Biofilm Formation in Chronic Wounds and in Cystic Fibrosis (pages 226–263):
Chapter 9 Strategies for Prevention of Device?Related Nosocomial Infections (pages 265–336):
Chapter 10 Liposomes as Drug Delivery Carriers to Biofilms (pages 337–358):
Chapter 11 Polymer?Based Antimicrobial Delivery Carriers (pages 359–417):