Biofilms and antibiotic therapy: Is there a role for combating bacterial resistance by the use of novel drug delivery systems?

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1539-1550

  Smith, Anthony W ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio electric effect; Biodegradable microspheres; Biofilms; Iontophoresis; Liposomes; Material modification; Pegylated liposomes; Phenotypic resistance; Photodynamic enhancement; Poly(lactide co glycolide); Polyurethanes; Pulsed electromagnetic fields; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CATHETERS; DISEASES; DRUG PRODUCTS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); POLYMERS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIALS; COLONIZATION; LIPOSOME;

BIOFILMS;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DIMETHYLDIOCTADECYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DRUG CARRIER; DRUG VEHICLE; GELATIN; GENTAMICIN; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; MACROGOL 2000; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRICLOSAN; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC CITRATE;

AEROSOL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSPORT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TECHNOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 22144463151     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2005.04.007     Document Type: Review

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