Emerging strategies to combat ESKAPE pathogens in the era of antimicrobial resistance: a review

MS Mulani, EE Kamble, SN Kumkar… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The acronym ESKAPE includes six nosocomial pathogens that exhibit multidrug resistance
and virulence: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae …

Treatment strategies for infected wounds

I Negut, V Grumezescu, AM Grumezescu - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The treatment of skin wounds is a key research domain owing to the important functional
and aesthetic role of this tissue. When the skin is impaired, bacteria can soon infiltrate into …

Antimicrobial silver nanoparticles for wound healing application: progress and future trends

F Paladini, M Pollini - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recent data have reported that the burden of infections related to antibiotic-resistant
bacteria in the European Union and European Economic Area (EEA) can be estimated as …

Nanomaterials for wound healing and infection control

MM Mihai, MB Dima, B Dima, AM Holban - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Wound healing has been intensely studied in order to develop an “ideal” technique that
achieves expeditious recovery and reduces scarring to the minimum, thus ensuring function …

Nanoparticle–biofilm interactions: the role of the EPS matrix

S Fulaz, S Vitale, L Quinn, E Casey - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
The negative consequences of biofilms are widely reported. A defining feature of biofilms is
the extracellular matrix, a complex mixture of biomacromolecules, termed EPS, which …

Silver nanoparticles in dentistry

VT Noronha, AJ Paula, G Durán, A Galembeck… - Dental Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been extensively studied for their
antimicrobial properties, which provide an extensive applicability in dentistry. Because of …

An updated review on silver nanoparticles in biomedicine

O Gherasim, RA Puiu, AC Bîrcă, AC Burdușel… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) represent one of the most explored categories of
nanomaterials for new and improved biomaterials and biotechnologies, with impressive use …

Antibacterial electrospun polycaprolactone membranes coated with polysaccharides and silver nanoparticles for guided bone and tissue regeneration

D Porrelli, M Mardirossian, L Musciacchio… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) membranes have been widely explored in the literature
as a solution for several applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. PCL …

The effect of silver nanoparticles on antioxidant/pro-oxidant balance in a murine model

AO Docea, D Calina, AM Buga, O Zlatian… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to evaluate the subacute effect of two types of Ag-NPs (EG-AgNPs and
PVP-EG-AgNPs) on antioxidant/pro-oxidant balance in rats. Seventy Wistar rats (35 males …

Nanocoatings for chronic wound repair—modulation of microbial colonization and biofilm formation

MM Mihai, M Preda, I Lungu, MC Gestal… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Wound healing involves a complex interaction between immunity and other natural host
processes, and to succeed it requires a well-defined cascade of events. Chronic wound …