Open AccessA study on device-related infections with special reference to biofilm production and antibiotic resistance
Author(s) -
Monil Singhai,
Abida Malik,
Mohd Shahid,
Mohammad Bilal Malik,
Ruchi Goyal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.103896
Subject(s) - biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , ventilator associated pneumonia , antibiotic resistance , klebsiella pneumoniae , antibiotics , catheter , bacteria , klebsiella pneumonia , multiple drug resistance , biology , acinetobacter baumannii , ampicillin , pneumonia , medicine , pseudomonas aeruginosa , escherichia coli , surgery , genetics , biochemistry , gene
Indwelling medical devices (IMDs) in critical patients are vulnerable to colonization by biofilm producing bacteria. Complex characteristics of bacterial biofilms promote antibiotic resistance, leading to the emergence of resistant device-related infections (DRI), which pose new challenges in their management.