Emerging nanotechnology-based strategies for the identification of microbial pathogenesis

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 408-423

  Kaittanis, Charalambos ^a,b   Santra, Santimukul ^a   Perez, J Manuel ^a,b  

^a NanoScience Technology Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial drug resistance; Deployable sensors; Nanodiagnostics; Nanosensors; Pathogen detection; Toxin detection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; DEPLOYABLE SENSORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGEN DETECTION; TOXIN DETECTION;

ANTIGENS; BACTERIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSENSORS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RURAL AREAS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER POLLUTION;

PATHOGENS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CONCANAVALIN A; DEXTRAN; EUROPIUM; GAG PROTEIN; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLORIMETRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NANOARRAY; NANOCHIP; NANOPROBE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERCONDUCTOR; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EID: 76849094649     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2009.11.013     Document Type: Review

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