Are Biofilms the Answer in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis?

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 645-656

  Kilty, Shaun J ^a   Desrosiers, Martin Y ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm therapy; Biofilms; Chronic sinusitis; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Endoscopic sinus surgery; Haemophilus influenzae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CAPRYLYL SULFOBETAINE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; MOXIFLOXACIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SURFACTANT; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HONEY; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70350417294     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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