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Bacterial Biofilm Eradication Agents: A Current Review.


ABSTRACT: Most free-living bacteria can attach to surfaces and aggregate to grow into multicellular communities encased in extracellular polymeric substances called biofilms. Biofilms are recalcitrant to antibiotic therapy and a major cause of persistent and recurrent infections by clinically important pathogens worldwide (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus). Currently, most biofilm remediation strategies involve the development of biofilm-inhibition agents, aimed at preventing the early stages of biofilm formation, or biofilm-dispersal agents, aimed at disrupting the biofilm cell community. While both strategies offer some clinical promise, neither represents a direct treatment and eradication strategy for established biofilms. Consequently, the discovery and development of biofilm eradication agents as comprehensive, stand-alone biofilm treatment options has become a fundamental area of research. Here we review our current understanding of biofilm antibiotic tolerance mechanisms and provide an overview of biofilm remediation strategies, focusing primarily on the most promising biofilm eradication agents and approaches. Many of these offer exciting prospects for the future of biofilm therapeutics for a large number of infections that are currently refractory to conventional antibiotics.

SUBMITTER: Verderosa AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6893625 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bacterial Biofilm Eradication Agents: A Current Review.

Verderosa Anthony D AD   Totsika Makrina M   Fairfull-Smith Kathryn E KE  

Frontiers in chemistry 20191128


Most free-living bacteria can attach to surfaces and aggregate to grow into multicellular communities encased in extracellular polymeric substances called biofilms. Biofilms are recalcitrant to antibiotic therapy and a major cause of persistent and recurrent infections by clinically important pathogens worldwide (e.g., <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli</i>, and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>). Currently, most biofilm remediation strategies involve the development of biofilm-inhibition ag  ...[more]

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