Preface ........................................................ ix
Editors ........................................................ xi
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Chapter 1 An Introduction to the World of Microbiology and
Biofilmology ......................................... 1
Steven L. Percival, John G. Thomas, and David
Williams
Chapter 2 Human Skin and Microbial Flora ...................... 59
Rose A. Cooper and Steven L. Percival
Chapter 3 An Introduction to Wounds ........................... 83
Michel H.E. Hermans and Terry Treadwell
Chapter 4 Burn Wound Management .............................. 135
Michel H.E. Hermans
Chapter 5 Cell Biology of Normal and Impaired Healing ........ 151
Keith Moore
Chapter 6 The Microbiology of Wounds ......................... 187
Steven L. Percival and Scot E. Dowd
Chapter 7 Types of Wounds and Infections ..................... 219
Randall D. Wolcott, Keith F. Cutting, Scot E.
Dowd, and Steven L. Percival
Chapter 8 Biofilms and Significance to Wound Healing ......... 233
Keith F. Cutting. Randall D. Wolcott. Scot E.
Dowd, and Steven L. Percival
Chapter 9 Wounds, Enzymes, and Proteases ..................... 249
Steven L. Percival and Christine A. Cochrane
Chapter 10 Wound Healing Immunology and Biofilms .............. 271
Emma J. Woods, Paul Davis, John Burnett, and
Steven L. Percival
Chapter 11 Antimicrobial Interventions for Wounds ............. 293
Steven L. Percival, Rose A. Cooper, and Benjamin
A. Lipsky
Chapter 12 Wound Dressings and Other Topical Treatment
Modalities in Bioburdcn Control .................... 329
Richard White
Chapter 13 Factors Affecting the Healing of Chronic Wounds:
An Iconoclastic View ............................... 345
Marissa J. Carter and Caroline E. Fife
Index ......................................................... 373
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