Antimicrobial hydrogels: promising materials for medical application

K Yang, Q Han, B Chen, Y Zheng, K Zhang… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes is becoming an
imminent global public health problem. Local application of antibiotics might be a solution. In …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies against bacterial biofilms

Y Bi, G Xia, C Shi, J Wan, L Liu, Y Chen, Y Wu… - Fundamental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of multi-drug resistance makes bacterial infection a major threat to public
health and economy. The formation of bacterial biofilms is one of the main reasons of …

Polymers as advanced antibacterial and antibiofilm agents for direct and combination therapies

Z Si, W Zheng, D Prananty, J Li, CH Koh, ET Kang… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance in pathogenic bacteria is a critical
threat to global health. Conventional antibiotics still play a crucial role in treating bacterial …

Recent progress in polymer research to tackle infections and antimicrobial resistance

MM Konai, B Bhattacharjee, S Ghosh… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Global health is increasingly being threatened by the rapid emergence of drug-resistant
microbes. The ability of these microbes to form biofilms has further exacerbated the scenario …

Antimicrobial cationic polymers: From structural design to functional control

Y Yang, Z Cai, Z Huang, X Tang, X Zhang - Polymer Journal, 2018 - nature.com
Antimicrobial cationic polymers mainly contain two functional components: the cationic
groups and the hydrophobic groups. The antimicrobial activity is influenced by the type …

Antimicrobial peptides and macromolecules for combating microbial infections: from agents to interfaces

L Yu, K Li, J Zhang, H Jin, A Saleem… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bacterial resistance caused by the overuse of antibiotics and the shelter of biofilms has
evolved into a global health crisis, which drives researchers to continuously explore …

Antimicrobial hydrogels: A new weapon in the arsenal against multidrug-resistant infections

VWL Ng, JMW Chan, H Sardon, RJ Ono… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2014 - Elsevier
The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes is becoming an
imminent global public health problem. Treatment with conventional antibiotics often leads …

Controlling macromolecular structures towards effective antimicrobial polymers

MS Ganewatta, C Tang - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
Drug resistance of pathogenic bacteria is a major global problem leading humanity towards
a pre-antibiotic era. Decline in the discovery of novel antibiotics and the lack of a resilient …

Polymeric biomaterials for prevention and therapeutic intervention of microbial infections

S Ghosh, S Mukherjee, D Patra, J Haldar - Biomacromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
The escalating emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens and their ability to
colonize into biofilms on a multitude of surfaces have struck global health as a nightmare …

Tuning the biological activity profile of antibacterial polymers via subunit substitution pattern

R Liu, X Chen, S Chakraborty, JJ Lemke… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Binary nylon-3 copolymers containing cationic and hydrophobic subunits can mimic the
biological properties of host-defense peptides, but relationships between composition and …