Silver nanoparticle-embedded polymersome nanocarriers for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn 2014-December, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Geilich, Benjamin M ^a   Singleton, Gloria L ^a   Van De Ven, Anne L ^a   Sridhar, Srinivas ^a   Webster, Thomas J ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ampicillin; antibiotic resistance; nanomedicine; polymersome; silver nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS;

AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; DUAL MECHANISMS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HYDROPHOBIC MEMBRANE; POLYMERSOMES;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84940705117     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: 21607001     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972794     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013. Center for Disease Control.
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