Medicine Grand Rounds feature weekly topic and case-based presentations designed to provide faculty and trainees with up-to-date knowledge about timely issues in internal medicine.

Faculty Name: Dr. Anne-Marie Leuck

Title of Talk: A Sticky Situation: The Challenge of Biofilm-Associated Infections

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the structural and functional characteristics of microbial biofilms and explain how they differ from planktonic bacteria.

2. Identify clinical scenarios in which biofilm-associated infections are likely, and recognize why these infections often don’t respond to standard antimicrobial therapy.

3. Apply current evidence-based management approaches to biofilm-associated infections and recognize potential future therapies.