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Antibiotic resistance of bacteria in biofilms

Philip S. Stewart, +1 more
- 14 Jul 2001 - 
- Vol. 358, Iss: 9276, pp 135-138
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The features of biofilm infections are summarized, the emerging mechanisms of resistance are reviewed, and potential therapies are discussed.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2001-07-14. It has received 4116 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biofilm & Antibacterial agent.

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Bacterial biofilms: from the natural environment to infectious diseases.

TL;DR: It is evident that biofilm formation is an ancient and integral component of the prokaryotic life cycle, and is a key factor for survival in diverse environments.
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Biofilms: the matrix revisited

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Nanozymes: Classification, Catalytic Mechanisms, Activity Regulation, and Applications

TL;DR: This review systematically introduces the classification, catalytic mechanism, activity regulation as well as recent research progress of nanozymes in the field of biosensing, environmental protection, and disease treatments, etc. in the past years.
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Bacterial biofilms : A common cause of persistent infections

TL;DR: Improvements in understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of bacterial community behavior point to therapeutic targets that may provide a means for the control of biofilm infections.
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Mechanisms of biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents

TL;DR: Owing to the heterogeneous nature of the biofilm, it is likely that there are multiple resistance mechanisms at work within a single community.
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Biofilm Formation as Microbial Development

TL;DR: The results reviewed in this article indicate that the formation of biofilms serves as a new model system for the study of microbial development.
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The Calgary Biofilm Device: New Technology for Rapid Determination of Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Bacterial Biofilms

TL;DR: Minimal biofilm eradication concentrations, derived by using the Calgary Biofilm Device, demonstrated that for biofilms of the same organisms, 100 to 1,000 times the concentration of a certain antibiotic were often required for the antibiotic to be effective, while other antibiotics were found to beeffective at the MICs.
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Quorum-sensing signals indicate that cystic fibrosis lungs are infected with bacterial biofilms

TL;DR: The hypothesis that P. aeruginosa might exist as biofilms—structured communities of bacteria encased in a self-produced polymeric matrix—in the cystic fibrosis lung is supported by microscopy of cystic Fibrosis sputum, which shows that the bacterium are in biofilm-like structures.
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