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Microbiology: Current Research | Volume 3

May 20-21, 2019 | Vienna, Austria

Medical Microbiology

International Conference on

e have found biofilms in many chronic diseases from

eczema to psoriasis in cutaneous disease and from

arteriosclerosis to Alzheimer’s disease in internal diseases.

We have found these biofilms in extracellular and intracellular

loci and we have shown that those that are extracellular

upregulate the innate immune system. Those that are

intracellular are not exposed to the immune system. The

organisms creating these biofilms include

Staphylococci

in eczema,

Streptococci

in psoriasis,

Malassezia furfur/

ovale

in tinea versicolor,

M. leprae

in leprosy, molluscum

virus in molluscum contagiosum,

Borrelia burgdorferi

and

dental spirochetes

in Alzheimer’s disease, and others. The

locations of these biofilms are most frequently in the organ

that is involved like

Staphylococci

in the skin in eczema, but

occasionally they are found in a distant site such as the tonsils

in psoriasis and the liver, spleen and kidneys in leprosy. These

variables call for different approaches to treatment.

Speaker Biography

Herbert B Allen is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of

Medicine where he did his internship. He has completed his residency at

the Naval Regional Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA, USA and has served

on the boards of the American Society of Dermatology and the American

College of Physicians and has published over 40 scientific articles in the

fields of dermatology and dermatopathology. He has been the professor

and chair of the Department of Dermatology of Drexel University College

of Medicine for the past 17 years. His specialties include dermatology,

dermatopathology, skin pathology and fungal infections and is board-

certified with the American Board of Dermatology and the American Board

of Pathology.

hba25@drexel.edu

Herbert B Allen

Drexel University College of Medicine, USA

Microbial biofilms in chronic diseases

Herbert B Allen, Microbiol Curr Res, Volume 3

DOI: 10.4066/2591-8036-C1-004