ReviewAntimicrobial resistance and infection control2019
Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities.
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702 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Urinary Tract Infections: Etiology and Emerging Therapeutic Approaches.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Dynamically actuated reconfigurable topographical surface enables active control of implant-associated infections.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Functional Implications of Marine Biosurfactants and Their Therapeutic Potential Against Alzheimer's Disease.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Peri-implant soft tissue colonization after osteosynthesis in asymptomatic patients: a prospective study.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2026Article
- Pentacyclic Triterpenoid Acids Inhibit the Expression of Quorum Sensing-Related Virulence Factors and the Formation of Biofilm inAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Biofilm is a complex structure of microbiome having different bacterial colonies or single type of cells in a group; adhere to the surface. These cells are embedded in extracellular polymeric substances, a matrix which is generally composed of eDNA, proteins and polysaccharides, showed high resistance to antibiotics. It is one of the major causes of infection persistence especially in nosocomial settings through indwelling devices. Quorum sensing plays an important role in regulating the biofilm formation. There are many approaches being used to control infections by suppressing its formation but CRISPR-CAS (gene editing technique) and photo dynamic therapy (PDT) are proposed to be used as therapeutic approaches to subside bacterial biofim infections, especially caused by deadly drug resistant bad bugs.
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