Nanotechnology as a therapeutic tool to combat microbial resistance.

By Robert Y. Pelgrift, A. Friedman. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2013

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Subfields: Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Organic Chemistry

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• Alternative Antimicrobial Approach: Nano-Antimicrobial Materials (2015, background): “Nevertheless, in general, NM act along two major lethal pathways, which are related to each other and in many cases occur simultaneously: (1) disruption of membrane potential and integrity and (2) production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), also known as oxygen-free radicals, the NM acting as nanoc”
• Insights into Cronobacter sakazakii Biofilm Formation and Control Strategies in the Food Industry (2020, background): “Nanomaterials such as nanometer silver, titanium dioxide, and copper oxide show good antibacterial activities [123,124].”
• Nano-Strategies to Fight Multidrug Resistant Bacteria—“A Battle of the Titans” (2018, background): “01441/full[19/07/2018 09:38:33] (MDR) bacteria bypassing their defense mechanisms (Pelgrift and Friedman, 2013; Singh K. et al., 2014; Hemeg, 2017; Zaidi et al., 2017).”
• The antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles: present situation and prospects for the future (2017, methodology): “NPs have a strong killing effect on certain types of antibacterial-resistant bacteria, and this effect has become a research hotspot.(17) PMMA-based bone cement mixed with Ag NPs significantly reduces the formation of surface biofilms according to the Kirby–Bauer method and the time-kill method; the”
• Understanding bacterial biofilms: From definition to treatment strategies (2023, background): “, 2021), and are not prone to drug resistance (Pelgrift and Friedman, 2013).”
• Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles: Applications and Limitations (2021, background): “The surge in development of multi-drug resistant pathogens is presenting itself as a grave problem to public health, and thus, several studies have been conducted at improving the prevailing antimicrobial treatments [251].”
• The global threat of antimicrobial resistance: science for intervention (2015, background): “Similarly, advanced applications of nanoparticles and bacterial microencapsulation to clinical are very promising and might be fully developed in the years to come [29,30].”
• Treatment Strategies for Infected Wounds (2018, background): “In nanomedicine, metal nanoparticles (NPs) such as silver (Ag) [24], gold (Au) [25] and zinc (Zn) [26] show impressive properties like low in vivo toxicity, and bacteriostatic/bactericidal activity [27].”
• Antibacterial approaches in tissue engineering using metal ions and nanoparticles: From mechanisms to applications (2021, background): “impaired respiration, thus leading to the disruption of the cellular energy transduction system and ultimately to cell death [42].”
• Algal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Biotechnological Potentials (2016, neutral): “anthracis were more sensitive to Cu [63, 64].”