Metal‐based nanomaterials in biomedical applications: antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity aspects

P Makvandi, C Wang, EN Zare… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial colonization on material surfaces is ubiquitous. Biofilms derived from surface‐
colonized microbes pose serious problems to the society from both an economical …

Nano-strategies to fight multidrug resistant bacteria—“A Battle of the Titans”

PV Baptista, MP McCusker, A Carvalho… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Infectious diseases remain one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
The WHO and CDC have expressed serious concern regarding the continued increase in …

Nano-based drug delivery or targeting to eradicate bacteria for infection mitigation: a review of recent advances

YC Yeh, TH Huang, SC Yang, CC Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pathogenic bacteria infection is a major public health problem due to the high morbidity and
mortality rates, as well as the increased expenditure on patient management. Although there …

Recent advances in nanoparticles as antibacterial agent

M Ozdal, S Gurkok - ADMET and DMPK, 2022 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Recently, the rapid increase in antibiotic-resistant pathogens has caused serious
health problems. Researchers are searching for alternative antimicrobial substances to …

Modern developments in the application and function of metal/metal oxide nanocomposite–based antibacterial agents

YF Mustafa - BioNanoScience, 2023 - Springer
Significant health issues have lately been brought on by the dramatic increase in pathogenic
microbes that are resistant to antibiotics. To manage or fight infections brought on by …

A review on nanoparticle based treatment for wound healing

NK Rajendran, SSD Kumar, NN Houreld… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wound care management relies mainly on the development of new and effective wound
dressing materials, and it continues to be an intense area of research in chronic wound care …

Application of antimicrobial peptides of the innate immune system in combination with conventional antibiotics—a novel way to combat antibiotic resistance?

MS Zharkova, DS Orlov, OY Golubeva… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Rapidly growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to conventional antibiotics leads to
inefficiency of traditional approaches of countering infections and determines the urgent …

From nano to micro: using nanotechnology to combat microorganisms and their multidrug resistance

M Natan, E Banin - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The spread of antibiotic resistance and increasing prevalence of biofilm-associated
infections is driving demand for new means to treat bacterial infection. Nanotechnology …

Antimicrobial peptides and nanotechnology, recent advances and challenges

LS Biswaro, MG da Costa Sousa… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides are sequences of amino acids, which present activity against
microorganisms. These peptides were discovered over 70 years ago, and are abundant in …

Delivery systems for antimicrobial peptides

R Nordström, M Malmsten - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to rapidly increasing resistance development against conventional antibiotics, finding
novel approaches for the treatment of infections has emerged as a key health issue …