Medical biofilms - Nanotechnology approaches

Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2806-2827

  Neethirajan, Suresh ^a   Clond, Morgan A ^b   Vogt, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Infection; Medical devices; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

COLONIES OF BACTERIA; EXTRA CELLULAR POLYMERS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; INFECTION; MEDICAL DEVICES; MULTICELLULAR STRUCTURE; PLANKTONIC BACTERIA; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ADHESIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BIOCIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYTOKINE; DNA; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; METRONIDAZOLE; NANOPARTICLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYMER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; STREPTOMYCIN; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NANOPARTICLE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC; ZINC NANOPARTICLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ADAPTATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONY FORMATION; COMMENSAL; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEGRADATION; DESICCATION; DNA MICROARRAY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LAMINAR FLOW; LUNG FIBROSIS; MATERIAL COATING; MATURATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOPLASMA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT; PACEMAKER; PH; QUORUM SENSING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TOOTH PLAQUE; TURBULENT FLOW; ULCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINARY CATHETER; WOUND; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84905652910     PISSN: 15507033     EISSN: 15507041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbn.2014.1892     Document Type: Review

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