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Biofilms in pediatric respiratory and related infections
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 10/22/09

Liu YCC et al. – Respiratory and related structures provide ideal environments for the development of bacterial biofilms, which predispose patients to recurrent and chronic infections. Biofilms are important for the persistence of chronic rhinosinusitis, pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis, chronic otitis media, and device–related infections. Antimicrobial therapy that is proven effective against planktonic bacteria is often insufficiently effective against the defenses of biofilms.

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