Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology

Bacterial biofilm formation is one of the main reasons for a negative treatment outcome and a high recurrence rate for many chronic infections in humans. The optimal way to study both the biofilm forming bacteria and the host response simultaneously is by using discriminative, reliable, and reproduc...

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Main Authors: Louise K. Jensen, Anne S. B. Johansen, Henrik E. Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01961/full
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description Bacterial biofilm formation is one of the main reasons for a negative treatment outcome and a high recurrence rate for many chronic infections in humans. The optimal way to study both the biofilm forming bacteria and the host response simultaneously is by using discriminative, reliable, and reproducible animal models of the infections. In this review, the advantages of in vivo studies are compared to in vitro studies of biofilm formation in infectious diseases. The pig is the animal of choice when developing and applying large animal models of infectious diseases due to its similarity of anatomy, physiology, and immune system to humans. Furthermore, conventional pigs spontaneously develop many of the same chronic bacterial infections as seen in humans. Therefore, in this review porcine models of five different infectious diseases all associated with biofilm formation and chronicity in humans are described. The infectious diseases are: chronic wounds, endocarditis, pyelonephritis, hematogenous osteomyelitis, and implant-associated osteomyelitis (IAO).
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spelling doaj.art-da58f76957b74e2bae8868ae765cef0f2022-12-22T03:19:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Microbiology1664-302X2017-10-01810.3389/fmicb.2017.01961289441Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on PathomorphologyLouise K. JensenAnne S. B. JohansenHenrik E. JensenBacterial biofilm formation is one of the main reasons for a negative treatment outcome and a high recurrence rate for many chronic infections in humans. The optimal way to study both the biofilm forming bacteria and the host response simultaneously is by using discriminative, reliable, and reproducible animal models of the infections. In this review, the advantages of in vivo studies are compared to in vitro studies of biofilm formation in infectious diseases. The pig is the animal of choice when developing and applying large animal models of infectious diseases due to its similarity of anatomy, physiology, and immune system to humans. Furthermore, conventional pigs spontaneously develop many of the same chronic bacterial infections as seen in humans. Therefore, in this review porcine models of five different infectious diseases all associated with biofilm formation and chronicity in humans are described. The infectious diseases are: chronic wounds, endocarditis, pyelonephritis, hematogenous osteomyelitis, and implant-associated osteomyelitis (IAO).http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01961/fullbiofilmpiganimal modelhematogenous osteomyelitisimplant-associated osteomyelitischronic wounds
spellingShingle Louise K. Jensen
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Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology
Frontiers in Microbiology
biofilm
pig
animal model
hematogenous osteomyelitis
implant-associated osteomyelitis
chronic wounds
title Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology
title_full Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology
title_fullStr Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology
title_full_unstemmed Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology
title_short Porcine Models of Biofilm Infections with Focus on Pathomorphology
title_sort porcine models of biofilm infections with focus on pathomorphology
topic biofilm
pig
animal model
hematogenous osteomyelitis
implant-associated osteomyelitis
chronic wounds
url http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01961/full
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