title: Microbial Biofilms in Urinary Tract Infections and Prostatitis: Etiology, Pathogenicity, and Combating strategies.
abstract: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the most important causes of morbidity and health care spending affecting persons of all ages. Bacterial biofilms play an important role in UTIs, responsible for persistent infections leading to recurrences and relapses. UTIs associated with microbial biofilms developed on catheters account for a high percentage of all nosocomial infections and are the most common source of Gram-negative bacteremia in hospitalized patients. The purpose of this mini-review is to present the role of microbial biofilms in the etiology of female UTI and different male prostatitis syndromes, their consequences, as well as the challenges for therapy.
authors.affiliation: Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences Section-ICUB, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. larioncristina@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delcaru
authors.affiliation: Iancului Private Laboratory, Bucharest 060101, Romania. alexandru.ionela@lpiancului.ro.|Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. alexandru.ionela@lpiancului.ro.
authors.forename: Ionela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alexandru
authors.affiliation: Iancului Private Laboratory, Bucharest 060101, Romania. podgoreanu.paulina@yahoo.com.|Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. podgoreanu.paulina@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Podgoreanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. mirela.grosu@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mirela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grosu
authors.affiliation: Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences Section-ICUB, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. elisabeth.stavropoulos@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
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authors.lastname: Stavropoulos
authors.affiliation: Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences Section-ICUB, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. carmen.chifiriuc@gmail.com.|Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. carmen.chifiriuc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mariana Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chifiriuc
authors.affiliation: Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences Section-ICUB, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. veronica.lazar2009@gmail.com.|Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest 060101, Romania. veronica.lazar2009@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lazar
keywords: UPEC 1; antibiofilm 3; quorum sensing (QS) 2