6) In a report to the New York Ophthalmological Society in 1912, Knapp noted that some patients who underwent cataract surgery later manifested clinical signs of dystrophia epithelialis with stromal and epithelial oedema, as described by Fuchs; (7) this is now known as pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK), which is a complication of cataract ...
A biofilm is any group of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface. These adherent cells become embedded within a slimy extracellular matrix that is composed of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS).
To better understand andcontrol biofilms on indwelling medical devices, researchers should develop reliable sampling andmeasurement techniques, investigate the role of biofilms in antimicrobial drug resistance, and establish thelink between biofilm contamination and patient infection.ol. 7, No. 2, MarchâApril 2001 277 Emerging Infectious Diseases Special Issue Microbial biofilms develop when microorganisms irre-versibly adhere to a submerged surface and produceextracellular polymers that facilitate adhesion and provide astructural matrix.