Antimicrobial hydrogels: A new weapon in the arsenal against multidrug-resistant infections

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-62

  Ng, Victor W L ^a   Chan, Julian M W ^b   Sardon, Haritz ^b,c   Ono, Robert J ^b   García, Jeannette M ^b   Yang, Yi Yan ^a   Hedrick, James L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Biofilm dispersion; Drug delivery; Hydrogels; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CROSSLINKING; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROGELS; MACROMOLECULES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROORGANISMS; NATURAL POLYMERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; POLYMERS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL MECHANISMS; ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMERS; ANTIMICROBIALS; MITIGATING TOXICITIES; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARGININE; CHITOSAN; COPOLYMER; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYCATION; POLYLYSINE; POLYMER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE; HYDROGEL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOSTASIS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISPERSION; DRUG COATING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENCAPSULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GELATION; HYDROGEL; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MICELLE; MOUSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERS;

EID: 84919475445     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: 18728294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2014.10.028     Document Type: Review

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