Nanomaterials for alternative antibacterial therapy

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2017, Pages 8211-8225

  Hemeg, Hassan A ^a  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antibiotic resistance; Metallic nanoparticles; Microbial biofilms; Microbicidal; Nanomedicines

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; METAL NANOPARTICLE; METAL OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADSORPTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOSTATISTICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COVALENT BOND; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSPORT; DRUG UPTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NANOMEDICINE; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 85034435722     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S132163     Document Type: Review

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