Combining Biofilm-Controlling Compounds and Antibiotics as a Promising New Way to Control Biofilm Infections.docVIP

Pharmaceuticals 2010, 3, 1374-1393; doi:10.3390/ph3051374 OPEN ACCESS pharmaceuticals ISSN 1424-8247 /journal/pharmaceuticals Review Combining Biofilm-Controlling Compounds and Antibiotics as a Promising New Way to Control Biofilm Infections Andréia Bergamo Estrela and Wolf-Rainer Abraham * Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Chemical Microbiology, Inhoffenstrasse 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: wolf-rainer.abraham@helmholtz- hzi.de; Tel.: +49-531-6181-4300; Fax: +49-531-6181-4699 Received: 26 March 2010; in revised form: 20