Biofilm-Based Healthcare-Associated Infections_ Volume I-Springer (2015)

Biofilm-based Healthcare-associated Infections: Volume I (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
by Gianfranco Donelli (Editor)

# Publisher: Springer; 2015 edition (November 4, 2014)

# Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Book 830)

# Language: English

# Pages: 185 pages

# Print ISBN: 978-3319110370

Description

The aim of this book is to provide readers with a wide overview of the main healthcare-associated infections caused by bacteria and fungi able to grow as biofilm. The recently acquired knowledge on the pivotal role played by biofilm-growing microorganisms in healthcare-related infections has given a new dynamic to detection, prevention and treatment of these infections in patients admitted to both acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities.

Clinicians, hygienists and microbiologists will be updated by leading scientists on the state-of-art of biofilm-based infections and on the most innovative strategies for prevention and treatment of these infections, often caused by emerging multidrug-resistant biofilm-growing microorganisms.