Electroactive materials: Innovative antibacterial platforms for biomedical applications

J Li, Y Feng, W Chen, S Zhang, J Ma, S Chen… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection and antimicrobial resistance have been a severe worldwide threat to
human health. Therefore, alternative antimicrobial strategies that avoid resistance …

Emerging antibacterial nanomedicine for enhanced antibiotic therapy

S Wang, Y Gao, Q Jin, J Ji - Biomaterials Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Antibiotic therapy is the most powerful strategy for treating bacterial infections in clinic.
However, antibiotic resistance has become one of the biggest threats to public health …

Wearable adjunct ozone and antibiotic therapy system for treatment of Gram-negative dermal bacterial infection

A Roth, MK Maruthamuthu, S Nejati, A Krishnakumar… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The problematic combination of a rising prevalence of skin and soft tissue infections and the
growing rate of life-threatening antibiotic resistant infections presents an urgent, unmet need …

Nanosecond pulsed electric fields increase antibiotic susceptibility in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

AE Chittams-Miles, A Malik, EB Purcell… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs). SSTIs
caused by bacteria resistant to antimicrobials, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus …

Review of developments in bioelectrics as an application of pulsed power technology

RP Joshi, AL Garner… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The field of bioelectrics lies at the intersection of biomedical engineering, biophysics, pulsed
power technology, and bioscience, guided by the underlying theme of using electric pulses …

Biocompatibility and Safety Assessment of Combined Topical Ozone and Antibiotics for Treatment of Infected Wounds

A Roth, A Krishnakumar, RR McCain… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wound infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, particularly the Gram-negative strains,
pose a substantial health risk for patients with limited treatment options. Recently topical …

Electroporation as an efficacy potentiator for antibiotics with different target sites

Ž Lovšin, A Klančnik, T Kotnik - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat, and there is ample motivation for development
of novel antibacterial approaches combining multiple strategies. Electroporation is among …

[HTML][HTML] Growth in a biofilm sensitizes Cutibacterium acnes to nanosecond pulsed electric fields

A Poudel, A Oludiran, EB Sözer, M Casciola… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is a commensal of
the human skin, but also an opportunistic pathogen that contributes to the pathophysiology …

Inactivation of bacteria using synergistic hydrogen peroxide with split-dose nanosecond pulsed electric field exposures

Z Rosenzweig, J Garcia, GL Thompson, LJ Perez - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The use of pulsed electric fields (PEF) as a nonthermal technology for the decontamination
of foods is of growing interest. This study aimed to enhance the inactivation of Escherichia …

Inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria Escherichia coli by electroporation

S Haberl Meglič, D Slokar, D Miklavčič - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In modern times, bacterial infections have become a growing problem in the
medical community due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In fact, the overuse …