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2025, Number 2

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Rev Latin Infect Pediatr 2025; 38 (2)

Biofilms: an area of opportunity in the health sector

Zúñiga CIR, Caro LJ

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 69-73
PDF size: 269.90 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Biofilms are defined as communities of microorganisms that grow in aggregates and surrounded by an extracellular matrix that they themselves produce. The extracellular matrix helps microbial cells evade the host's immune response; when biofilms form, they allow bacteria to grow in a protected environment, and thus, be able to survive hostile environments and then disperse to more favorable niches. More than 80% of all microbial infections are caused by biofilms, and they are responsible for 65% of health care associated infections, increasing hospital stays, care costs, and mortality in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.


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