Polyethylene glycol-stabilized sulphur nanoparticles: An effective antimicrobial agent against multidrug-resistant bacteria

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1134-1137

  Roy Choudhury, Samrat ^a   Roy, Subhasree ^b   Goswami, Arunava ^a   Basu, Sulagna ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Bactericidal; Multidrug resistance; NDM 1; PEG 400

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; MACROGOL 400; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; MINOCYCLINE; NANOPARTICLE; NEW DELHI METALLO BETA LACTAMASE 1; RNA 16S; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; SULPHUR NANOPARTICLE; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SULFUR;

EID: 84859592975     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr591     Document Type: Article

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