BookSunil Kumar, Niharika Chandra, Leena Singh, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Ajit Varma, editors.
Summary: This book highlights treatment strategies for bacterial biofilms in connection with a variety of human diseases. In particular, it reviews bacterial biofilm formation and its mechanism. Topics covered include biofilms in human health, the role of biofilms in mediating human diseases, and methods for testing bacterial biofilms. Further sections concentrate on biofilm-mediated diseases in different parts of the human gastrointestinal tract, while therapeutic strategies for biofilm control and natural agents that disrupt bacterial biofilms are also covered. Readers will also find the latest advances in probiotics and biofilms, as well as the use of probiotics to counteract biofilm-associated infections. Biofilms and antimicrobial resistance are discussed. Subsequent chapters address the management of inflammatory bowel disease via probiotics biofilms, as well as the role of probiotics bacteria in the treatment of human diseases associated with bacterial biofilms. The book is chiefly intended for clinicians/scientists in the fields of medical microbiology, applied microbiology, biochemistry, and biotechnology.
Contents:
Chapter 1
An Introduction to Microbial Biofilm
Chapter 2
Biofilms: The Good and the Bad
Chapter 3
Biofilms in Human Health
Chapter 4
The Role of Biofilms in Originating, Mediating, and Proliferating Infectious Diseases
Chapter 5
Modern Methods in Microscopy for the Assessment of Biofilms
Chapter 6
Molecular Methods for the Assessment of Microbial Biofilms
Chapter 7
Biofilm Mediated Dental Diseases
Chapter 8
Biofilm Mediated Diseases of the Eye
Chapter 9
Biofilm mediated Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat
Chapter 10
Biofilm mediated Diseases of Heart and Lungs
Chapter 11
Role of Biofilms in Medical Devices and Implants
Chapter 12
Biofilm Mediated Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chapter 13
Biofilm Mediated Urinary Tract Infections
Chapter 14
Biofilm Mediated Skin Infections
Chapter 15
Approaches Towards Microbial Biofilm Disruption by Natural Bioactive Agents
Chapter 16
Probiotics and Biofilm
Chapter 17
Probiotics to Counteract Biofilm-Associated Infections
Chapter 18
Biofilms and Antimicrobial Resistance
Chapter 19
Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Probiotics Biofilm.