Recent advances in antibacterial superhydrophobic coatings

Y Zhan, S Yu, A Amirfazli… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New strategies to overcome the defects of conventional antibacterial ways are imminently
required due to the rapid growth of bacterial resistance by the overuse and misuse of …

Polymeric nano-and microparticulate drug delivery systems for treatment of biofilms

SE Birk, A Boisen, LH Nielsen - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Now-a-days healthcare systems face great challenges with antibiotic resistance and low
efficacy of antibiotics when combating pathogenic bacteria and bacterial biofilms …

Emerging rules for effective antimicrobial coatings

M Salwiczek, Y Qu, J Gardiner, RA Strugnell… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
In order to colonize abiotic surfaces, bacteria and fungi undergo a profound change in their
biology to form biofilms: communities of microbes embedded into a matrix of secreted …

Antimicrobial peptides derived from insects offer a novel therapeutic option to combat biofilm: A review

A Sahoo, SS Swain, A Behera, G Sahoo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biofilms form a complex layer with defined structures, that attach on biotic or abiotic surfaces,
are tough to eradicate and tend to cause some resistance against most antibiotics. Several …

Delivery of antibiotics with polymeric particles

MH Xiong, Y Bao, XZ Yang, YH Zhu, J Wang - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite the wide use of antibiotics, bacterial infection is still one of the leading causes of
hospitalization and mortality. The clinical failure of antibiotic therapy is linked with low …

Bone biomaterials for overcoming antimicrobial resistance: Advances in non-antibiotic antimicrobial approaches for regeneration of infected osseous tissue

JM Sadowska, KJ Genoud, DJ Kelly, FJ O'Brien - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Eliminating bacterial infection and simultaneously providing a bioactive environment for
bone growth during treatment of severe osteomyelitis is one of the greatest global …

Combating medical device fouling

JL Harding, MM Reynolds - Trends in biotechnology, 2014 - cell.com
When interfaced with the biological environment, biomedical devices are prone to surface
biofouling due to adhesion of microbial or thrombotic agents as a result of the foreign body …

The association between biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance with possible ingenious bio-remedial approaches

Y Dutt, R Dhiman, T Singh, A Vibhuti, A Gupta… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biofilm has garnered a lot of interest due to concerns in various sectors such as public
health, medicine, and the pharmaceutical industry. Biofilm-producing bacteria show a …

A review on antibacterial biomaterials in biomedical applications: from materials perspective to bioinks design

F Pahlevanzadeh, M Setayeshmehr… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In tissue engineering, three-dimensional (3D) printing is an emerging approach to producing
functioning tissue constructs to repair wounds and repair or replace sick tissue/organs. It …

Antimicrobial surfaces: a review of synthetic approaches, applicability and outlook

U Mahanta, M Khandelwal, AS Deshpande - Journal of Materials Science, 2021 - Springer
The rapid spread of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses can be extremely
detrimental and can lead to seasonal epidemics or even pandemic situations. In addition …