Antibacterial activity of silver and zinc nanoparticles against Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxic Escherichia coli

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-95

  Salem, Wesam ^a,b   Leitner, Deborah R ^a   Zingl, Franz G ^a   Schratter, Gebhart ^c   Prassl, Ruth ^c   Goessler, Walter ^a   Reidl, Joachim ^a   Schild, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biofilm; Caltropis procera; Colonization; In vivo; Infant mouse model; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Nanoparticles; Survival curve; Therapeutic agent

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP; PORIN; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CHOLERA; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRUIT; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84940165240     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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