title: Biofilms in wounds: management strategies.
abstract: Biofilms probably induce a chronic and/or 'quiet' inflammation in the chronic wound and so delay healing. This paper reviews current strategies that can be used to suppress biofilms in chronic wounds until better options are available.
authors.affiliation: Southwest Regional Wound Care Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Rhoads
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Wolcott
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Percival
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D018441:Biofilms; D006801:Humans; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000382:microbiology*