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Nanomaterials to Overcome Emergence and Re-Emergence of Superbugs: Nanoarsenals for Superbugs

Nanomaterials to Overcome Emergence and Re-Emergence of Superbugs: Nanoarsenals for Superbugs

Manju Nagpal, Malkiet Kaur, Manjinder Singh, Geeta Aggarwal
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 42
ISBN13: 9781799803072|ISBN10: 1799803074|EISBN13: 9781799803096
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0307-2.ch010
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Nagpal, Manju, et al. "Nanomaterials to Overcome Emergence and Re-Emergence of Superbugs: Nanoarsenals for Superbugs." Strategies to Overcome Superbug Invasions: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Dimple Sethi Chopra and Ankur Kaul, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 227-268. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0307-2.ch010

APA

Nagpal, M., Kaur, M., Singh, M., & Aggarwal, G. (2021). Nanomaterials to Overcome Emergence and Re-Emergence of Superbugs: Nanoarsenals for Superbugs. In D. Chopra & A. Kaul (Eds.), Strategies to Overcome Superbug Invasions: Emerging Research and Opportunities (pp. 227-268). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0307-2.ch010

Chicago

Nagpal, Manju, et al. "Nanomaterials to Overcome Emergence and Re-Emergence of Superbugs: Nanoarsenals for Superbugs." In Strategies to Overcome Superbug Invasions: Emerging Research and Opportunities, edited by Dimple Sethi Chopra and Ankur Kaul, 227-268. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0307-2.ch010

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Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance remains a substantial global health concern, invigorating the critical need for alternate therapeutic options to combat chronic intracellular infections and biofilms so as to shorten the hospital stays, and hence mortality. Nanomaterials have been developed as delivery carriers for antibiotics to improve their penetration through these biofilms. Nanoformulations of existing antibiotics has led to enhanced bioavailability and site specificity. Moreover, diagnosis of infections using efficient nanosensors or probes may speed up the treatment process at earlier stages of infection.

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