Coatings as the useful drug delivery system for the prevention of implant-related infections

C Pan, Z Zhou, X Yu - Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2018 - Springer
Implant-related infections (IRIs) which led to a large amount of medical expenditure were
caused by bacteria and fungi that involve the implants in the operation or in ward. Traditional …

Silver as an antibiotic-independent antimicrobial: review of current formulations and clinical relevance

N Vishwanath, C Whitaker, S Allu, D Clippert… - Surgical …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Background: The increase of multi-drug–resistant organisms has revived the use of silver as
an alternative antibiotic-independent antimicrobial. Although silver's multimodal mechanism …

Zinc ion coordinated poly (ionic liquid) antimicrobial membranes for wound healing

Q Xu, Z Zheng, B Wang, H Mao… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Herein, a series of quaternary ammonium (Qa) or imidazolium (Im) cation-based poly (ionic
liquid)(PIL) membranes and their corresponding zinc ion coordinated PIL membranes were …

In Situ Coatings of Silver Nanoparticles for Biofilm Treatment in Implant-Retention Surgeries: Antimicrobial Activities in Monoculture and Coculture

HA Tran, PA Tran - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021 - ACS Publications
Bacterial biofilms are indicated in most medical device-associated infections. Treating these
biofilms is challenging yet critically important for applications such as in device-retention …

Innovations in osteomyelitis research: A review of animal models

KM Roux, LH Cobb, MA Seitz… - Animal models and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Infection of bone tissue, or osteomyelitis, has become a growing concern in modern
healthcare due in no small part to a rise in antibiotic resistance among bacteria, notably …

Medical biofilms—nanotechnology approaches

S Neethirajan, MA Clond, A Vogt - Journal of biomedical …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Biofilms are colonies of bacteria or fungi that adhere to a surface, protected by an
extracellular polymer matrix composed of polysaccharides and extracellular DNA. They are …

A journey into animal models of human osteomyelitis: a review

G Meroni, A Tsikopoulos, K Tsikopoulos, F Allemanno… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone characterized by progressive inflammatory
destruction and apposition of new bone that can spread via the hematogenous route …

Nanodiamond/poly-ε-caprolactone nanofibrous scaffold for wound management

S Houshyar, GS Kumar, A Rifai, N Tran, R Nayak… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We describe preparation, characterization and cytocompatibility of nanodiamond (ND)
dispersed in poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) based nanofibrous scaffold. The results show that …

Surface modification of medical devices at nanoscale—Recent development and translational perspectives

KE Fox, NL Tran, TA Nguyen, TT Nguyen… - … in translational medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Medical devices can offer valuable healthcare solutions due to their advanced capability in
both disease diagnosis and therapy. Together with recent developments in manufacturing …

Role of animal models to advance research of bacterial osteomyelitis

C Billings, DE Anderson - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Osteomyelitis is an inflammatory bone disease typically caused by infectious
microorganisms, often bacteria, which causes progressive bone destruction and loss. The …