[HTML][HTML] Current developments in biofilm treatments: Wound and implant infections

Y Dhar, Y Han - Engineered Regeneration, 2020 - Elsevier
Biofilm formation in wounds and implants can have numerous negative effects on a patient's
health, including delayed healing and implant removal. Current treatments for biofilms do …

[HTML][HTML] Non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents to combat biofilm-forming bacteria

Y Cao, M Naseri, Y He, C Xu, LJ Walsh… - Journal of global …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biofilms can be produced by multiple species or by a single strain of bacteria. The biofilm
state enhances the resistance of the resident microorganisms to antimicrobial agents by …

Antibiofilm and antivirulence potential of silver nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

HF Hetta, IMS Al-Kadmy, SS Khazaal, S Abbas… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
We aimed to isolate Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) from wound infections,
determine their resistance and virulence profile, and assess the impact of Silver …

Tuning Ligands Ratio Allows for Controlling Gold Nanocluster Conformation and Activating a Nonantimicrobial Thiol Fragrance for Effective Treatment of MRSA …

Z Pang, N Ren, Y Wu, J Qi, F Hu, Y Guo… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial keratitis is a serious ocular disease that affects millions of people worldwide each
year, among which≈ 25% are caused by Staphylococcus aureus. With the spread of …

Antimicrobial Peptide Cec4 Eradicates the Bacteria of Clinical Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilm

W Liu, Z Wu, C Mao, G Guo, Z Zeng, Y Fei… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The drug resistance rate of Acinetobacter baumannii increases year on year, and the drugs
available for the treatment of carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CRAB) infection are …

Synergistic and antibiofilm potential of Curcuma aromatica derived silver nanoparticles in combination with antibiotics against multidrug-resistant pathogens

MS Tawre, A Shiledar, SK Satpute, K Ahire… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hospital acquired infections caused due to ESKAPE pathogens pose a challenge for
treatment due to their growing antimicrobial resistance. Curcuma aromatica (CA) is …

Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms and Their Response to a Relevant in vivo Iron Source

P Dauros-Singorenko, S Wiles, S Swift - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Biofilm infections can be chronic, life threatening and challenging to eradicate.
Understanding in vivo stimuli affecting the biofilm cycle is one step toward targeted …

Novel silver metformin nano-structure to impede virulence of Staphylococcus aureus

HA Abbas, GH Shaker, FM Mosallam, SE Gomaa - AMB Express, 2022 - Springer
Staphylococcus aureus is a prevalent etiological agent of health care associated and
community acquired infections. Antibiotic abuse resulted in developing multidrug resistance …

Combination and nanotechnology based pharmaceutical strategies for combating respiratory bacterial biofilm infections

L Zhang, H Bera, H Wang, J Wang, Y Guo, C Shi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Respiratory infections are one of the major global health problems. Among them, chronic
respiratory infections caused by biofilm formation are difficult to treat because of both drug …

The Antibacterial Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Staphylococcus Epidermidis Strains with Different Biofilm-Forming Ability

D Swolana, M Kępa, D Idzik, A Dziedzic, A Kabała-Dzik… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Among many infectious diseases, infections caused by pathogens of Staphylococcus
species exert a substantial influence upon human health, mainly due to their continuous …