Metal‐based nanomaterials in biomedical applications: antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity aspects

P Makvandi, C Wang, EN Zare… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial colonization on material surfaces is ubiquitous. Biofilms derived from surface‐
colonized microbes pose serious problems to the society from both an economical …

Nanomaterials for alternative antibacterial therapy

HA Hemeg - International journal of nanomedicine, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite an array of cogent antibiotics, bacterial infections, notably those produced by
nosocomial pathogens, still remain a leading factor of morbidity and mortality around the …

Multidrug-resistant bacteria and alternative methods to control them: an overview

R Vivas, AAT Barbosa, SS Dolabela… - Microbial Drug …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest challenges in the health system nowadays,
representing a serious problem for public health. Initially, antibiotic-resistant strains were …

Synergistic and antagonistic effects of metal nanoparticles in combination with antibiotics against some reference strains of pathogenic microorganisms

UH Abo-Shama, H El-Gendy, WS Mousa… - Infection and drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background and Aim Nanosized inorganic antibacterial materials have received increasing
attention in recent years. The present study aimed to determine the antimicrobial activity of …

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 …

Green and economic fabrication of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods as a broadband UV blocker and antimicrobial agent

SM Taghizadeh, N Lal, A Ebrahiminezhad, F Moeini… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles have gained widespread interest due to their unique
properties, making them suitable for a range of applications. Several methods for their …

[PDF][PDF] Nanoantibiotics: Future nanotechnologies to combat antibiotic resistance

S Muzammil, S Hayat, M Fakhar-E-Alam, B Aslam… - Front. Biosci, 2018 - academia.edu
The discovery of antibiotics was hailed as a historic breakthrough for the human race in the
fight against bacterial and malignant infections. However, in a very short time, owing to their …

Nanoparticle-drug conjugates treating bacterial infections

P Jelinkova, A Mazumdar, VP Sur, S Kociova… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ever increasing scenario of bacterial resistance against commonly available antibiotics
is becoming a global threat of major concern, which necessitates the development of new …

Multidrug‐Resistant Pathogens in Burn Wound, Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Approaches (Conventional Antimicrobials and Nanoparticles)

J Hemmati, M Azizi, B Asghari… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multidrug‐resistant pathogens are one of the common causes of death in burn patients and
have a high risk of nosocomial infections, especially pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and …

Nanoparticulate antibiotic systems as antibacterial agents and antibiotic delivery platforms to fight infections

A Vassallo, MF Silletti, I Faraone… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Today's human society, product of decades of progress in all fields of knowledge, would
have been unimaginable without the discovery of antibiotics and more generally of …