biofilms

[SKA]

How are biofilms important in microbial diseases where are they found and what do they do etc.
Any info?
TIA

[Peter Pedant]

Erm yes they are important

sort of forming the film makes them more difficuult to attack

middle ear infections
and cystic fibrosis spring to mind

pseudomonas I think

[Peter Pedant]

yeah try:
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1 8632890

[Peter Pedant]

or.....
Bacterial Biofilms: Do They Play a Role in Chronic Sinusitis? .
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America , Volume 38 , Issue 6 , Pages 1193 - 1201
J . PALMER

[isha01]

this is a gud site ..

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no9/02-0063. htm