ArticlePostdoc journal : a journal of postdoctoral research and postdoctoral affairs2015
Current Research Approaches to Target Biofilm Infections.
Article in Postdoc journal : a journal of postdoctoral research and postdoctoral affairs, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Biosurfactants as novel antibiofilm agents: mechanisms, biomedical applications, and applications in biofilm-associated infections.Archives of microbiology · 2025Review
- Genotypic characterization of bacterial isolates causing urinary tract infections among adults at Kiambu Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: selected extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes and biofilm formation.Access microbiology · 2024Article
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- Antibiofilm and staphyloxanthin inhibitory potential of terbinafine against Staphylococcus aureus: in vitro and in vivo studies.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2022Article
- Celastrol mitigates staphyloxanthin biosynthesis and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus via targeting key regulators of virulence; in vitro and in vivo approach.BMC microbiology · 2022Article
- Microbial biofilm: formation, architecture, antibiotic resistance, and control strategies.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2021Review
- Prevalence and Impact of Biofilms on Bloodstream and Urinary Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Superhydrophobic Nanocoatings as Intervention against Biofilm-Associated Bacterial Infections.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Bacterial Biofilm Inhibition: A Focused Review on Recent Therapeutic Strategies for Combating the Biofilm Mediated Infections.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
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- Non-Antimicrobial Drugs: Etodolac as a Possible Antimicrobial or Adjuvant Agent Against ESKAPE Pathogens.The open microbiology journal · 2018Article
- Exopolysaccharide-Repressing Small Molecules with Antibiofilm and Antivirulence Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2017Article
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Abstract
This review will focus on strategies to develop new treatments that target the biofilm mode of growth and that can be used to treat biofilm infections. These approaches aim to reduce or inhibit biofilm formation, or to increase biofilm dispersion. Many antibiofilm compounds are not bactericidal but render the cells in a planktonic growth state, which are more susceptible to antibiotics and more easily cleared by the immune system. Novel compounds are being developed with antibiofilm activity that includes antimicrobial peptides, natural products, small molecules and polymers. Bacteriophages are being considered for use in treating biofilms, as well as the use of enzymes that degrade the extracellular matrix polymers to dissolve biofilms. There is great potential in these new approaches for use in treating chronic biofilm infections.
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