The Demand for New Antibiotics: Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanoparticles, and Combinatorial Therapies as Future Strategies in Antibacterial Agent Design

A glycosylated cationic block poly(beta-peptide) reverses intrinsic antibiotic resistance in all ESKAPE Gram-negative bacteria

(2020) Zhangyong Si et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Conversion of Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Peptides into Species-Specific Antimicrobials Capable of Precisely Targeting Pathogenic Bacteria

(2020) Lin Xu et al.   Scientific Reports

Antimicrobial activity of a silver-microfibrillated cellulose biocomposite against susceptible and resistant bacteria

(2020) Javier Alberto Garza-Cervantes et al.   Scientific Reports

Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activity of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles Coated With Exopolysaccharides Obtained From Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

(2020) Augusto Vazquez-Rodriguez et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOBIOSCIENCE

Re-sensitizing Ampicillin and Kanamycin-Resistant E. coli and S. aureus Using Synergistic Metal Micronutrients-Antibiotic Combinations

(2020) Javier Alberto Garza-Cervantes et al.   Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

The Concept of an Ideal Antibiotic: Implications for Drug Design

(2019) Márió Gajdács   MOLECULES

Mechanistic Insights into the Antimicrobial Actions of Metallic Nanoparticles and Their Implications for Multidrug Resistance

(2019) Sibhghatulla Shaikh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of biopolymer-Ni, Zn nanoparticle biocomposites synthesized using R. mucilaginosa UANL-001L exopolysaccharide as a capping agent

(2019) Javier Alberto Garza-Cervantes et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Application of Antimicrobial Peptides of the Innate Immune System in Combination With Conventional Antibiotics—A Novel Way to Combat Antibiotic Resistance?

(2019) Maria S. Zharkova et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Emerging Strategies to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Review

(2019) Mansura S. Mulani et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Synergistic antibacterial activity of gold nanoparticles caused by apoptosis‐like death

(2019) B. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Antibacterial Activity of combinatorial treatments composed of transition-metal/antibiotics against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2019) L. Z. Montelongo-Peralta et al.   Scientific Reports

Antimicrobial activity of two novel antimicrobial peptides AA139 and SET-M33 against clinically and genotypically diverse Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates with differing antibiotic resistance profiles

(2019) Hessel van der Weide et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Re-Potentiation of β-Lactam Antibiotic by Synergistic Combination with Biogenic Copper Oxide Nanocubes against Biofilm Forming Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

(2019) Ruby Celsia Arul Selvaraj et al.   MOLECULES

Mini review on Antimicrobial Peptides, Sources, Mechanism and Recent Applications

(2019) Jaspreet Kaur Boparai et al.   PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS

Clinical Applications of Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs): where do we stand now?

(2019) Divyashree M. et al.   PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS

Novel hollow titanium dioxide nanospheres with antimicrobial activity against resistant bacteria

(2019) Carol López de Dicastillo et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Enhancement of antibiotics antimicrobial activity due to the silver nanoparticles impact on the cell membrane

(2019) R. Vazquez-Muñoz et al.   PLoS One

Synergistic Antibacterial Effects of Metallic Nanoparticle Combinations

(2019) C. Bankier et al.   Scientific Reports

Synergy Pattern of Short Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2019) Serge Ruden et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Organisms

(2019) Nan-Yao Lee et al.   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Specifically targeted antimicrobial peptides: A new and promising avenue in selective antimicrobial therapy

(2018) Bikash Medhi et al.   INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Discovery and development of new antibacterial drugs: learning from experience?

(2018) Nicole Jackson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

The antimicrobial peptide SAAP-148 combats drug-resistant bacteria and biofilms

(2018) Anna de Breij et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Antibacterial evaluation of silver nanoparticles synthesized from lychee peel: individual versus antibiotic conjugated effects

(2018) Shaghufta Perveen et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Current advances in nanocarriers for biomedical research and their applications

(2018) George Kerry Rout et al.   Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology

Mechanism of Anti-bacterial Activity of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

(2018) Vishvanath Tiwari et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Recent advances in combinatorial drug screening and synergy scoring

(2018) Tea Pemovska et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

Bacterial Exopolysaccharides as Reducing and/or Stabilizing Agents during Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles with Biomedical Applications

(2018) Carlos Enrique Escárcega-González et al.   International Journal of Polymer Science

Synergistic microbicidal effect of cationic antimicrobial peptides and teicoplanin against planktonic and biofilm-encased Staphylococcus aureus

(2018) Bruce C. Koppen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Highly Synergistic Effects of Melittin with Conventional Antibiotics Against Multidrug-Resistant Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2018) Reza Akbari et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Gold Nanoparticles with Antibiotic-Metallopolymers toward Broad-Spectrum Antibacterial Effects

(2018) Peng Yang et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Green synthesis and characterization of bioinspired silver, gold and platinum nanoparticles and evaluation of their synergistic antibacterial activity after combining with different classes of antibiotics

(2018) Nishanthi R. et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

The antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles: present situation and prospects for the future

(2017) Linlin Wang et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Green synthesis of rifampicin-loaded copper nanoparticles with enhanced antimicrobial activity

(2017) Marta J. Woźniak-Budych et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE

Antimicrobial peptides as potential anti-biofilm agents against multidrug-resistant bacteria

(2017) Pooi Yin Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION

Selective activities of STAMPs against Streptococcus mutans

(2017) Lijun Huo et al.   Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Membrane Active Antimicrobial Peptides: Translating Mechanistic Insights to Design

(2017) Jianguo Li et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Synergistic Antimicrobial Effects of Silver/Transition-metal Combinatorial Treatments

(2017) Javier A. Garza-Cervantes et al.   Scientific Reports

Synergistic Effect of Metal Nanoparticles on the Antimicrobial Activities of Antibiotics against Biorecycling Microbes

(2016) Chandni Khurana et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Amoxicillin functionalized gold nanoparticles reverts MRSA resistance

(2016) Sanjeeb Kalita et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Are the physicochemical properties of antibacterial compounds really different from other drugs?

(2016) Jean-Paul Ebejer et al.   Journal of Cheminformatics

Aminoglycosides: An Overview

(2016) Kevin M. Krause et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents

(2016) Margit Mahlapuu et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Safety of Nanoparticles in Medicine

(2015) Joy Wolfram et al.   CURRENT DRUG TARGETS

Strong and Nonspecific Synergistic Antibacterial Efficiency of Antibiotics Combined with Silver Nanoparticles at Very Low Concentrations Showing No Cytotoxic Effect

(2015) Aleš Panáček et al.   MOLECULES

The Antibacterial Activity of Ta-doped ZnO Nanoparticles

(2015) Bing-Lei Guo et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles: A review

(2015) Deepali Sharma et al.   Arabian Journal of Chemistry

The Antibacterial Activity of Ta-doped ZnO Nanoparticles

(2015) Bing-Lei Guo et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

Perturbation of physiological systems by nanoparticles

(2014) Yi Zhang et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Antimicrobial activity of zinc and titanium dioxide nanoparticles against biofilm-producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2014) A. Jesline et al.   Applied Nanoscience

Enhancement of Antibacterial Activity of Capped Silver Nanoparticles in Combination with Antibiotics, on Model Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2013) Aruna Jyothi Kora et al.   BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND APPLICATIONS

A review of the biomaterials technologies for infection-resistant surfaces

(2013) Davide Campoccia et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Clinical relevance of the ESKAPE pathogens

(2013) Jack N Pendleton et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Synthesis, optimization, and characterization of silver nanoparticles from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and their enhanced antibacterial activity when combined with antibiotics

(2013) Balu Ananda Chopade et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Combined efficacy of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles and different antibiotics against multidrug-resistant bacteria

(2013) Syed Zeeshan Naqvi et al.   International Journal of Nanomedicine

Enhanced synergism of antibiotics with zinc oxide nanoparticles against extended spectrum β-lactamase producers implicated in urinary tract infections

(2013) Rashmi M. Bhande et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOPARTICLE RESEARCH

Sensitization of Staphylococcus aureus to Methicillin and Other Antibiotics In Vitro and In Vivo in the Presence of HAMLET

(2013) Laura R. Marks et al.   PLoS One

Silver Enhances Antibiotic Activity Against Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2013) J. R. Morones-Ramirez et al.   Science Translational Medicine

The Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37 as a Potential Treatment for Polymicrobial Infected Wounds

(2013) Allen J. Duplantier et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Design, expression, and characterization of a novel targeted plectasin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) Ruoyu Mao et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Combination Therapy for Treatment of Infections with Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2012) P. D. Tamma et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Cathelicidins: family of antimicrobial peptides. A review

(2012) Ewa M. Kościuczuk et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Combinatorial Approaches to the Prevention and Treatment of HIV-1 Infection

(2011) Vanessa Pirrone et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance

(2011) A.-P. Magiorakos et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Synergy among antibacterial peptides and between peptides and small-molecule antibiotics

(2010) Marco Cassone et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

ZnO nanoparticles enhanced antibacterial activity of ciprofloxacin against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

(2010) Maryam Banoee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Design and activity of a ‘dual-targeted’ antimicrobial peptide

(2009) Jian He et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Synergistic drug combinations tend to improve therapeutically relevant selectivity

(2009) Joseph Lehár et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY