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Osteomyelitis and the role of biofilms in chronic infection

2008; Oxford University Press; Volume: 52; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1574-695x.2007.00357.x

1574-695X

Rebecca A. Brady, Jeff G. Leid, Jason H. Calhoun, J. William Costerton, Mark E. Shirtliff,

Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

Understanding the mechanisms implicated in the initial attachment, development, and maturation of a biofilm phenotype are of tremendous importance for their effect on the medical, industrial, and public health arenas. This review explores the current understanding of the nature of biofilms and the impact that molecular interactions between the bacteria themselves, as well as between bacteria and the host, may have on biofilm development and phenotype using the nonmotile Gram-positive coccus, Staphylococcus aureus, as an example.