Abstract
Multiple drug resistant bacteria remain the greatest challenge in public health care. Globally, infections produced by such resistant strains are on the rise. Recent advent of genetic tolerance to antibiotics in many pathogens such as multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a matter of concern, prompting researchers and pharmaceutical companies to search for new molecules and unconventional antibacterial agents. Recent advances in nanotechnology offer new opportunities to develop formulations based on metallic nanoparticles with different shapes and sizes and variable antimicrobial properties. This article is an extensive literature review that covers the latest approaches in the development of new and unconventional antibacterial agents using nanobiotechnological approaches which will better equip scientists and clinicians to face the challenges in view of dwindling stocks of effective and potent antimicrobial agents and formulations.
Keywords: Antimicrobial drugs, multiple drug resistant bacteria, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Staphylococcus aureus.
Current Drug Metabolism
Title:Nanobiotechnological Approaches Against Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Pathogens: An Update
Volume: 16 Issue: 5
Author(s): Sibhghatulla Shaikh, Shazi Shakil, Adel M. Abuzenadah, Syed Mohd. Danish Rizvi, Philip Michael Roberts, Gohar Mushtaq and Mohammad Amjad Kamal
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Keywords: Antimicrobial drugs, multiple drug resistant bacteria, nanoparticles, nanotechnology, Staphylococcus aureus.
Abstract: Multiple drug resistant bacteria remain the greatest challenge in public health care. Globally, infections produced by such resistant strains are on the rise. Recent advent of genetic tolerance to antibiotics in many pathogens such as multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a matter of concern, prompting researchers and pharmaceutical companies to search for new molecules and unconventional antibacterial agents. Recent advances in nanotechnology offer new opportunities to develop formulations based on metallic nanoparticles with different shapes and sizes and variable antimicrobial properties. This article is an extensive literature review that covers the latest approaches in the development of new and unconventional antibacterial agents using nanobiotechnological approaches which will better equip scientists and clinicians to face the challenges in view of dwindling stocks of effective and potent antimicrobial agents and formulations.
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Shaikh Sibhghatulla, Shakil Shazi, Abuzenadah M. Adel, Danish Rizvi Mohd. Syed, Roberts Michael Philip, Mushtaq Gohar and Kamal Amjad Mohammad, Nanobiotechnological Approaches Against Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Pathogens: An Update, Current Drug Metabolism 2015; 16 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389200216666150602145509
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389200216666150602145509 |
Print ISSN 1389-2002 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5453 |
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