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Staphylococcal Biofilms in medical devices - The role of the icaABDC locus on virulence

English, German · Paperback / Softback

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The main objective of this book is to provide an insight into the properties that Staphylococcal biofilm-grown cells present compared to their planktonic counterparts, evaluating the most important virulence factors of biofilm formation and PNAG production. Studies were mainly performed with S. epidermidis, followed by S. haemolyticus and S. aureus. The book is divied in three main text sections followed by two complementary sections. The first section addresses the topic of biofilm formation on clinical relevantly surfaces by clinical isolates of coagulase negative staphylococcal strains. In the second section, the topic of biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents was addressed. Some aspects of the immune response to biofilm infections were also studied and are described in the third section. The main methods used in the experiments described in this book are compiled in the fourth section. The final section of the book provides some supplementary data and a compilation of the main conclusions of the experiments described in this book.

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Nuno Cerca tiene un doctorado en Ingeniería Química y Biológica. Recibió una beca Fulbright y trabajó en la Escuela de Medicina de Harvard, EE. UU. También fue becario postdoctoral en la Virginia Commonwealth University, EE. UU. Desde 2008 es investigador de la facultad de la Universidad de Minho, Portugal. Más información en www.nunocerca.wordpress.com

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Authors Nuno Cerca
Publisher Dictus Publishing
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 09.05.2011
 
EAN 9783844390414
ISBN 978-3-8443-9041-4
No. of pages 208
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology

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