Biofilm Infections

1. Introduction to Biofilms
Thomas Bjarnsholt

2. Chronic Wound Colonization, Infection, and Biofilms
Klaus Kirketerp-Møller, Karen Zulkowski, Garth James

3. The Relation of Biofilms to Chronic Otitis Media and Other Ear-Related Chronic Infections
Preben Homøe, Helle Krogh Johansen

4. Human Oral Bacterial Biofilms: Composition, Dynamics, and Pathogenesis
Robert J. Palmer, Richard Darveau, Richard J. Lamont, Bente Nyvad, Ricardo P. Teles

5. Implant-Associated Infection
Werner Zimmerli, Andrej Trampuz

6. The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Infections of Catheters and Shunts
Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, Claus Moser, Paul Stoodley

7. Osteomyelitis
Graeme A. O’May, Rebecca A. Brady, Ranjani Prabhakara, Jeff G. Leid, Jason H. Calhoun, Mark E. Shirtliff

8. The Importance of Biofilms in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Jeff G. Leid, Emily K. Cope, Stacy Parmenter, Mark E. Shirtliff, Scot Dowd, Randall Wolcott, Randall Basaraba DVM, Darrell Hunsaker, James Palmer, Noam Cohen

9.
Helicobacter pylori and Biofilm Formation
Lone Rasmussen, Leif Percival Andersen

10.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms in the Lungs of Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Niels Høiby, Helle Krogh Johansen, Claus Moser, Oana Ciofu, Peter Østrup Jensen, Mette Kolpen, Lotte Mandsberg, Michael Givskov, Søren Molin, Thomas Bjarnsholt

11. Innate Immune Response to Infectious Biofilms
Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser

12. Adaptive Immune Responses and Biofilm Infections
Claus Moser, Peter Østrup Jensen

13. Antibiotic Tolerance and Resistance in Biofilms
Oana Ciofu, Tim Tolker-Nielsen

14. Novel and Future Treatment Strategies
Morten Alhede, Tim Holm Jakobsen, Michael Givskov

15. Different Methods for Culturing Biofilms In Vitro
S. Brook Peterson, Yasuhiko Irie, Bradley R. Borlee, Keiji Murakami, Joe J. Harrison, Kelly M. Colvin, Matthew R. Parsek

16. In Vivo Models of Biofilm Infection
Kendra P. Rumbaugh, Nancy L. Carty

17. Summary and Perspectives
Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser, Niels Høiby

Keywords: Life Sciences, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Cell Biology