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SUBMITTER: Ammons MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3648868 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biofouling 20130101 4
Medically relevant biofilms have gained a significant level of interest, in part because of the epidemic rise in obesity and an aging population in the developed world. The associated comorbidities of chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers, and diabetic foot wounds remain recalcitrant to the therapies available currently. Development of chronicity in the wound is due primarily to an inability to complete the wound healing process owing to the presence of a bioburden, specifica ...[more]