Animal Models Commonly Used to Study Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors.

Multiple animal models exist for the study of biofilm infections and their inhibitors in vivo. The infection models described in this chapter range from the simple nematode-killing and amoeba-plate-killing assays, to models with more relevance to human disease like the pulmonary and cellulitis infection models in mice, the graft prosthesis, and the central venous catheter infection models in rats, and the endocarditis and osteomyelitis infection models in rabbits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]