Targeting microbial biofilms: current and prospective therapeutic strategies

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 740 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.99 Authors: Hyun Koo, Raymond N. Allan, Robert P. Howlin, Paul Stoodley & Luanne Hall-Stoodley Biofilm formation is a key virulence factor for a wide range of microorganisms that cause chronic infections. The multifactorial nature of biofilm development and drug tolerance imposes great challenges for the use of conventional antimicrobials and indicates the need for multi-targeted or combinatorial therapies. In
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