Researchers at Indiana Univ. (IU) have developed a bandage that uses electricity to treat biofilm infections in burns and traumatic or surgical wounds.
Biofilm infection occurs when bacteria aggregate within an extracellular polymeric substance (EPS), which is usually made up of polymeric sugars, bacterial proteins, and bacterial DNA.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 65% of all human infections are caused by bacteria with a biofilm-forming phenotype. Biofilms are especially pathogenic because the protective barrier formed by the EPS lends them resistance to common antibiotics...
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