Racing for the Surface

Insights into the emergence, clinical prevalence and significance of Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants.- Periprosthetic Joint Infection.- Complications in orthopedic trauma surgery: fracture related infection.- Chiral Stereochemical Strategy for Antimicrobial Adhesion.- Perspectives on and need to develop new infection control strategies.- Battling bacteria with free and surface-immobilized polymeric nanostructures.- Engineering Approaches to Create Antibacterial Surfaces on Biomedical Implants and Devices .- 3D Printed Ceramic-Polymer Composites for Treating Bone Infection.- Bioinspired interfaces for the management of skin infections.- Antimicrobial endodontic materials.- Local Delivery of Anti-biofilm Therapeutics.- Device-Related Infections.- Advances in polysaccharide based antimicrobial delivery vehicles.- Antibacterial Coatings on Medical Implants.- Perspectives on biomaterial-associated infection: pathogenesis and current clinical demands.- Polymeric Nanoparticulate Delivery Vehicles of Antimicrobials for Biofilm Eradication.- Pathogenesis of biomaterial-associated infection.- Metal- and Polymer-Based Nanoparticles for Advanced Therapeutic and Diagnostic System Applications.- Antimicrobial Material in Arthroplasty.- Antimicrobial Hydrogels: Key Considerations and Engineering Strategies for Biomedical Applications.- Antibacterial Polymeric and Peptide Gels/Hydrogels to Prevent Biomaterial-related Infections.- The Impact of Bacterial Biofilms in Transfusion Medicine.- Mechanisms of Action and Chemical Origins of Biologically Active Antimicrobial Polymers.- When the Race is Lost: The Clinical Impact of Prosthetic Joint Infections.- Antibacterial Hydroxyapatite: An Effective Approach to Cure Infections in Orthopedics.- Index.