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Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

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Editors:
  1. Torkel Wadström

    1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

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  2. Ingvar Eliasson

    1. Department Medical Microbiology, Lund, Sweden

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  3. Ian Holder

    1. Burns Institute, Shriners Hospital, Cincinnati, USA

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  4. Åsa Ljungh

    1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

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Table of contents (66 chapters)

  1. Fibronectin-Substituted Gels for Treatment of Experimental Wound Infections in a Pig Model

    • Åsa Ljungh, Tony Kronevi, Torkel Wadström
    Pages 163-168

  2. Evaluation of Wound Healing by Quantifying of Bacteria and Computerized Image Analysis — A Pilot Study in Primary Health Care

    • Jens Lunnergård, Sten Larsson, Karin Lindberg, Åsa Ljungh
    Pages 169-171

  3. Bacterial Affinity for Hydrophobic Ligands can be Employed in the Treatment of Infected Wounds in Patients

    • Göran Friman
    Pages 173-177

  4. Krill and Other Enzymes in Enzymatic Wound Debridement

    • Wiete Westerhof, Jan R. Mekkes
    Pages 179-188

  5. Computerized Wound Image Analysis

    • Nils Engström, Fredrik Hansson, Lars Hellgren, Tomas Johansson, Bo Nordin, Jan Vincent et al.
    Pages 189-192

  6. Biomaterial-Centered Infections: Microbial Adhesion versus Tissue Integration

    • Anthony G. Gristina, Paul T. Naylor, Quentin N. Myrvik
    Pages 193-216

  7. Periimplant Infections of the Oral Cavity

    • Richard P. Ellen, Peter Apse
    Pages 217-220

  8. Plasmaprotein Adsorption on Solid Surfaces. Some New Methods

    • Hans Elwing, Agneta Askendal, Ingemar Lundstöm
    Pages 221-232

  9. Bacterial Cell-Surface Hydrophobicity

    • Ferenc Rozgonyi, Åsa Ljungh, Wubshet Mamo, Stellan Hjertén, Torkel Wadström
    Pages 233-244

  10. What Types of Bonds Are Responsible for the Adhesion of Bacteria and Viruses to Native and Artificial Surfaces?

    • Stellan Hjertén, Torkel Wadström
    Pages 245-253

  11. Pathogenic Studies on Five Species of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: A Mouse Model with a Foreign Body Implant

    • Dwight W. Lambe Jr., Kaethe P. Ferguson, Curtis G. Gemmell, Jerry L. Keplinger
    Pages 255-263

  12. Experimental Orthopaedic Infections

    • Åke Johansson, Olle Svensson, Carl Erik Nord
    Pages 265-272

  13. Microvascular Graft Infection in the Rat

    • Zbigniew Zdanowski, Else Ribbe, Claes Schalén, Stig Bengmark
    Pages 273-278

  14. Activity of Various Antibiotics on Production of Virulence Factors by Various Organisms

    • Atef M. Shibl
    Pages 279-283

  15. Structure and DNA-Sequence Analysis of the Staphylococcal Lantibiotics Epidermin and Gallidermin

    • Friedrich Götz, Karl-Dieter Entian, Günter Jung, Hans Zähner
    Pages 285-292

  16. Mupirocin: A New Antibiotic that Reduces Colonisation of Central Venous Cannulae by Skin Organisms

    • Robert L. R. Hill, Anthony Fisher, Robert J. Ware, Sandra Wilson, Mark W. Casewell
    Pages 293-298

  17. Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

    • Gerhard Pulverer
    Pages 299-308

  18. Staphylococcus epidermidis — a Versatile Pathogen

    • Georg Peters, Françoise Schumacher-Perdreau, Bernd Jansen
    Pages 309-315

  19. Epidemiological markers of coagulase-negative staphylococci

    • Jerome Etienne, Françoise Forey, Jean Fleurette
    Pages 317-323

  20. Adherence of Staphylococcus aureus to Hep2 Monolayers and Fibronectin

    • J. Zoe Jordens
    Pages 325-327
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About this book

Despite the recent advances in medical treatment, patients suffering from wounds such as burns or receiving surgical implants are still in great danger of infection. This has called attention to the need for better understanding of infections at the molecular level. Scientists from various disciplines summarize our knowledge today and investigate how methods to avoid wound and biomaterial-associated infections can be developed. These methods include new antibiotics, surgical strategies to prevent infection, and ways to stimulate the immune system and the tissue healing process. Specific topics include: the definition of microbial cell surface determinants important for adhesion to graft; the definition of extracellular bacterial enzymes and toxins involved in tissue breakdown and the local spread of infection; the prevention of the systemic spreading of infection with immunoglobulins and antibiotics; and the problem of multiple antibiotic resistance in most versatile pathogens.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden

    Torkel Wadström, Åsa Ljungh

  • Department Medical Microbiology, Lund, Sweden

    Ingvar Eliasson

  • Burns Institute, Shriners Hospital, Cincinnati, USA

    Ian Holder

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

  • Editors: Torkel Wadström, Ingvar Eliasson, Ian Holder, Åsa Ljungh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3454-1

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-19596-2Published: 03 September 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-3454-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 570

  • Number of Illustrations: 107 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Biomaterials, Infectious Diseases, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

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