Background Novel methods are necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality of patients
suffering from infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Being the most common infectious …

The rise of hospital-acquired infections, also known as nosocomial infections, is a growing
concern in intensive healthcare, causing the death of hundreds of thousands of patients and …

The primary goal of this study was to develop a new strategy to inactivate bacterial biofilms
using the thermal stress derived from superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) …

The high prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (76.3%) and metallo-β-lactamases
(7.3%) amongst the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a critical problem that has set forth …

Background Antibiotics have been widely used for the treatment of bacterial infections for
decades. However, the rapid emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has created many …

Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic commonly used for treating Pseudomonas
infections, but its use is limited by a relatively short half-life. In this investigation, developed a …

Given the increased use of iron-containing nanoparticles in a number of applications, it is
important to understand any effects that iron-containing nanoparticles can have on the …

Biofilms confer protection from adverse environmental conditions and can be reservoirs for
pathogenic organisms and sources of disease outbreaks, especially in medical devices. The …

Biofilms may shelter pathogenic or other problematic microorganisms that are difficult to
eradicate due to hindered penetration of antimicrobial chemicals. Here, we demonstrate the …

When antibiotics were first introduced, they were believed to be the end of bacterial
infections.[1] However, due to their extensive use (which has been estimated to be over 1 …