The flora of the major body systems

1 Biofilms: The Hypertextbook

1 Contents

1 Introduction to Biofilms

2 Biofilm Growth and Development

3 Beneficial and Naturally Occurring Biofilms

4 Biofilms in Health and Medicine

5 Biofilms in Industrial Environments

6 Characterizing and Understanding Biofilms

7 Controlling Biofilms

8 Methods for Studying Biofilms

9 Mathematical Models of Biofilms

10 Diffusion in Biofilms

11 Lab Exercises

       
1 Chapter Overview

       
2 Biofilms and Chronic Infections

       
3 Biofilms and Chronic Wounds

       
4 Skin Healing in Chronic Wounds

       
5 Evidence of Biofilms in Chronic Wounds

       
6 Towards a Unified Theory of Chronic Wounds

       
7 The Human Body as an Ecosystem

       
8 The Flora of the Major Body Systems

       
9 Normal Flora as a Source of Opportunistic Pathogens

       
10 Examples of Medical Biofilms

1 The Skin

2 The female reproductive and urinary tract

3 The male reproductive tract

4 The Respiratory Apparatus

5 The oral cavity and the gastrointestinal tract

1 Aids for Instructors

2 References

1 Read Me First

2 System Requirements

3 Navigating