PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE ADHESION AND ... - EPFL

TABLE OF CONTENT
SUMMARY 1
VERSION ABREGEE 111
TABLE OF CONTENT V
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Bacterial biofilms
1.1.1. Ubiquity of biofilms
1.1.2. A suwival issue for micro-organisrns
1.2. The clinical problem
1.2.1. Pseudo~nouas aenrginosa in the intensive care units
1.2.2. Colonization of endotracheal intubation devices and consequences
1.3. Phases of biofilm formation
1.3.1. Bacterial adhesion
1.3.2. Biofilm maturation and cell-to-ce11 communication
1.4. The anti-biofilm stategy
1.4.1. Control of biofilm development on medical devices
1.4.2. Biomaterial surface modifications and characterization
1.5. Outline of the dissertation
CHAPTER 2
ADHESION OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA STRAINS TO UNMODIFIED POLY-
(VINYL CHLORIDE) (PVC) FROM ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION DEVICES
2.1. Abstract 19
2.2. Introduction 20
2.3. Materials and Methods 21
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