TY - CHAP
T1 - Antibiotic Nanomaterials
AU - Varaprasad, Kokkarachedu
AU - Karthikeyan, Chandrasekaran
AU - KanikiReddy, Vimala
AU - Núñez, Dariela
AU - Sadiku, Emmanuel Rotimi
AU - Briones, Rodrigo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - For the last few decades, multidrug-resistant bacteria are one of the major threats to the lives of a human being. This is due to overdosage of antibiotics, low stability of antibiotics, antibiotics poor internalization with bacteria and others. For these reasons, nanomaterials have dramatically expanded the range of tools employed for infection control and hence, improving the health of humans in the 21st century. Herein, this chapter deals with the importance of antibiotic nanomaterials, and their antibacterial mechanism is discussed. In addition, recent reports on engineered antibiotic nanocomposite materials toward multidrug-resistant bacteria are discussed.
AB - For the last few decades, multidrug-resistant bacteria are one of the major threats to the lives of a human being. This is due to overdosage of antibiotics, low stability of antibiotics, antibiotics poor internalization with bacteria and others. For these reasons, nanomaterials have dramatically expanded the range of tools employed for infection control and hence, improving the health of humans in the 21st century. Herein, this chapter deals with the importance of antibiotic nanomaterials, and their antibacterial mechanism is discussed. In addition, recent reports on engineered antibiotic nanocomposite materials toward multidrug-resistant bacteria are discussed.
KW - Antibiotic nanomaterials
KW - Multidrug-resistant bacteria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096393332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-820054-4.00001-X
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-820054-4.00001-X
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85096393332
SN - 9780128225363
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - Antibiotic Materials in Healthcare
PB - Elsevier
ER -
