Nanoscience-Led Antimicrobial Surface Engineering to Prevent Infections

Nanoantibiotics containing membrane-active human cathelicidin LL-37 or synthetic ceragenins attached to the surface of magnetic nanoparticles as novel and innovative therapeutic tools: current status and potential future applications

(2020) Urszula Wnorowska et al.   JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

Antibacterial Coatings for Improving the Performance of Biomaterials

(2020) Jon Andrade-Del Olmo et al.   Coatings

Beyond Risk: Bacterial Biofilms and Their Regulating Approaches

(2020) Musa Hassan Muhammad et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Biomaterial-Related Infections

(2020) Natália Martins et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

Organic and inorganic antibacterial approaches in combating bacterial infection for biomedical application

(2020) Syafiqah Saidin et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Biosurfactant Production and its Role in Candida albicans Biofilm Inhibition

(2020) Dhaliwal Maninder Kaur et al.   JOURNAL OF PURE AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Preparation and Characterization of a Novel Triple Composite Scaffold Containing Silk Fiborin, Chitosan, and Alginate for 3D Culture of Colonic Carcinoma Cells In Vitro

(2020) Xianhao Su et al.   MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR

Protruding Nanostructured Surfaces for Antimicrobial and Osteogenic Titanium Implants

(2020) Mohd I. Ishak et al.   Coatings

The Potential Innovative Use of Bacteriophages Within the DAC® Hydrogel to Treat Patients With Knee Megaprosthesis Infection Requiring “Debridement Antibiotics and Implant Retention” and Soft Tissue Coverage as Salvage Therapy

(2020) Tristan Ferry et al.   Frontiers in Medicine

Povidone-Iodine Demonstrates Rapid In Vitro Virucidal Activity Against SARS-CoV-2, The Virus Causing COVID-19 Disease

(2020) Danielle E. Anderson et al.   Infectious Diseases and Therapy

A five‐step risk management process for geriatric dental practice during SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic

(2020) Karthik Sivaraman et al.   GERODONTOLOGY

Metallic Antibacterial Surface Treatments of Dental and Orthopedic Materials

(2020) Rushui Bai et al.   Materials

Application of Bacteriophages in Nanotechnology

(2020) Jan Paczesny et al.   Nanomaterials

A Review on Basic Biology of Bacterial Biofilm Infections and Their Treatments by Nanotechnology-Based Approaches

(2019) Debjani Banerjee et al.   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Section B

Quantification of Adhesion Force of Bacteria on the Surface of Biomaterials: Techniques and Assays

(2019) Fahad Alam et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Biomaterials: Foreign Bodies or Tuners for the Immune Response?

(2019) Erminia Mariani et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Cardiolipin and phosphatidylethanolamine role in dibucaine interaction with the mitochondrial membrane

(2019) S.C. Lopes et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Benzalkonium chlorides: Uses, regulatory status, and microbial resistance

(2019) Beatriz Merchel Piovesan Pereira et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities

(2019) Divakar Sharma et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Single-Stage Revision Surgery in Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: A PRISMA Systematic Review

(2019) Khaled Yaghmour et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

Antibiotic-Loaded Polymethylmethacrylate Beads and Spacers in Treatment of Orthopedic Infections and the Role of Biofilm Formation

(2019) Tom A. G. van Vugt et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A Brief Recap of Microbial Adhesion and Biofilms

(2019) Spyridon Achinas et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Chronic Implant-Related Bone Infections—Can Immune Modulation be a Therapeutic Strategy?

(2019) Elisabeth Seebach et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The World Association against Infection in Orthopaedics and Trauma (WAIOT) procedures for Microbiological Sampling and Processing for Periprosthetic Joint Infections (PJIs) and other Implant-Related Infections

(2019) Drago et al.   Journal of Clinical Medicine

DAIR (Debridement, Antibiotics and Implant Retention) less effective in hematogenous total knee arthroplasty infections

(2019) Kattalin Iza et al.   Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

How bacteria recognise and respond to surface contact

(2019) Tom E P Kimkes et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Smart Fortified PHBV-CS Biopolymer with ZnO–Ag Nanocomposites for Enhanced Shelf Life of Food Packaging

(2019) Mina Zare et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Chitosan surface modified hydrogel as a therapeutic contact lens

(2019) Mohammad Kazemi Ashtiani et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Bacterial Adhesion Is Affected by the Thickness and Stiffness of Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels

(2018) Kristopher W. Kolewe et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Staphylococcal Osteomyelitis: Disease Progression, Treatment Challenges, and Future Directions

(2018) Nicola Kavanagh et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

A Synthetic Dual Drug Sideromycin Induces Gram-Negative Bacteria To Commit Suicide with a Gram-Positive Antibiotic

(2018) Rui Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Comprehensive biological assessment and photocatalytic activity of surfactant assisted solvothermal synthesis of ZnO nanogranules

(2018) Mina Zare et al.   MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Implant infections: adhesion, biofilm formation and immune evasion

(2018) Carla Renata Arciola et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Phenotypic Variation during Biofilm Formation: Implications for Anti-Biofilm Therapeutic Design

(2018) Marie Beitelshees et al.   Materials

The Composition and Structure of Biofilms Developed by Propionibacterium acnes Isolated from Cardiac Pacemaker Devices

(2018) Ken-ichi Okuda et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Nanoscience-Based Strategies to Engineer Antimicrobial Surfaces

(2018) Serena Rigo et al.   Advanced Science

Widely Used Benzalkonium Chloride Disinfectants Can Promote Antibiotic Resistance

(2018) Minjae Kim et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Targeting the Bacterial Protective Armour; Challenges and Novel Strategies in the Treatment of Microbial Biofilm

(2018) Nor Kamaruzzaman et al.   Materials

Pharmaceutical applications of chitosan

(2018) Zahra Shariatinia   ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Antimicrobial strategies to reduce polymer biomaterial infections and their economic implications and considerations

(2018) Richard Greenhalgh et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Zinc-Based Biomaterials for Regeneration and Therapy

(2018) Yingchao Su et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Action of Antimicrobial Peptides against Bacterial Biofilms

(2018) Muhammad Yasir et al.   Materials

Multifunctional Coatings and Nanotopographies: Toward Cell Instructive and Antibacterial Implants

(2018) Carlos Mas-Moruno et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

In Vitro Biofilm Formation on Titanium and Zirconia Implant Surfaces

(2017) Stefan Roehling et al.   JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY

Staphylococcus aureus biofilm: a complex developmental organism

(2017) Derek E. Moormeier et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial self-defense antibiotics release from organic–inorganic hybrid multilayer films for long-term anti-adhesion and biofilm inhibition properties

(2017) Qingwen Xu et al.   Nanoscale

Evaluation of candida albicans biofilm formation on various dental restorative material surfaces

(2017) N Beldüz et al.   Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Direct identification of microorganisms from thioglycolate broth by MALDI-TOF MS

(2017) Jorge Arca-Suárez et al.   PLoS One

Antimicrobial and Antifouling Strategies for Polymeric Medical Devices

(2017) Zachary K. Zander et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Protein Resistant Polymeric Biomaterials

(2017) Bryan Khai D. Ngo et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Pathogenic Mechanisms and Host Interactions in Staphylococcus epidermidis Device-Related Infection

(2017) Marina Sabaté Brescó et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Novel Diagnostics in Revision Arthroplasty: Implant Sonication and Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction

(2017) Gunnar T.R. Hischebeth et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

Antimicrobial peptides and their interaction with biofilms of medically relevant bacteria

(2016) Giovanna Batoni et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Staphylococcus aureus dry-surface biofilms are not killed by sodium hypochlorite: implications for infection control

(2016) A. Almatroudi et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Development of a Dual-Acting Antibacterial Agent (TNP-2092) for the Treatment of Persistent Bacterial Infections

(2016) Zhenkun Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

The Mechanistic Targets of Antifungal Agents: An Overview

(2016) Tryphon K. Mazu et al.   MINI-REVIEWS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Biofilms: an emergent form of bacterial life

(2016) Hans-Curt Flemming et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Advancing biomaterials of human origin for tissue engineering

(2016) Fa-Ming Chen et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Implantable Device-Related Infection

(2016) J. Scott VanEpps et al.   SHOCK

Mechanistic Basis of Antimicrobial Actions of Silver Nanoparticles

(2016) Tikam Chand Dakal et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Coatings Combining Low-Biofouling and Quorum-Sensing Inhibiting Properties to Reduce Bacterial Colonization

(2016) Berkay Ozcelik et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Coatings Combining Low-Biofouling and Quorum-Sensing Inhibiting Properties to Reduce Bacterial Colonization

(2016) Berkay Ozcelik et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Versatility of Biofilm Matrix Molecules in Staphylococcus epidermidis Clinical Isolates and Importance of Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin Expression during High Shear Stress

(2016) Carolyn R. Schaeffer et al.   mSphere

Biofilm, pathogenesis and prevention—a journey to break the wall: a review

(2015) Priya Gupta et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Multifaceted roles of extracellular DNA in bacterial physiology

(2015) Dina Vorkapic et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Inhibition ofCandida albicansadhesion on medical-grade silicone by aLactobacillus-derived biosurfactant

(2015) C. Ceresa et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Symmetric Hemodialysis Catheters Using Computational Fluid Dynamics

(2015) Timothy W.I. Clark et al.   JOURNAL OF VASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Blue green alga mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles and its antibacterial efficacy against Gram positive organisms

(2015) K.S. Uma Suganya et al.   Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications

Microbial Surface Colonization and Biofilm Development in Marine Environments

(2015) Hongyue Dang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Antibacterial Agents

(2015) Gianluigi Franci et al.   MOLECULES

Antibacterial coating of implants in orthopaedics and trauma: a classification proposal in an evolving panorama

(2015) Carlo Luca Romanò et al.   Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in biofilm: structural and regulatory aspects

(2015) Carla Renata Arciola et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

A new rabbit model of implant-related biofilm infection: development and evaluation

(2015) Cheng-Bing Chu et al.   Frontiers of Materials Science

Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: An Antimicrobial Mainstay and Platform for Innovation to Address Bacterial Resistance

(2015) Megan C. Jennings et al.   ACS Infectious Diseases

Combination Prophylactic Therapy with Rifampin Increases Efficacy against an Experimental Staphylococcus epidermidis Subcutaneous Implant-Related Infection

(2014) Alexandra I. Stavrakis et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The impact of central line insertion bundle on central line-associated bloodstream infection

(2014) Hung-Jen Tang et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm potential of biosurfactants isolated from lactobacilli against multi-drug-resistant pathogens

(2014) Karthik Sambanthamoorthy et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Prosthetic Joint Infection

(2014) A. J. Tande et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Going viral: Designing bioactive surfaces with bacteriophage

(2014) Zeinab Hosseinidoust et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Chlorhexidine-Impregnated Dressing for Prevention of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection

(2014) Nasia Safdar et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Biofilms in periprosthetic orthopedic infections

(2014) Stephen J McConoughey et al.   Future Microbiology

Supportive post-implant therapy: patient compliance rates and impacting factors: 3-year follow-up

(2014) Eberhard Frisch et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY

Biofilm-Related Infections: Bridging the Gap between Clinical Management and Fundamental Aspects of Recalcitrance toward Antibiotics

(2014) D. Lebeaux et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Discovery of a bifunctional cardiolipin/phosphatidylethanolamine synthase in bacteria

(2014) Roman Moser et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The impact of horizontal gene transfer on the adaptive ability of the human oral microbiome

(2014) Adam P. Roberts et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Phage-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications

(2013) Rebecca Farr et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Promote Horizontal Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance

(2013) Victoria J. Savage et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Effects of Growth Medium on Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption–Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectra: a Case Study of Acetic Acid Bacteria

(2013) Anneleen D. Wieme et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bioactivity, mechanism of action, and cytotoxicity of copper-based nanoparticles: A review

(2013) Avinash P. Ingle et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Small Molecule Interaction with Lipid Bilayers: A Molecular Dynamics Study of Chlorhexidine

(2013) Brad J. Van Oosten et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Controllable synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and their morphology-dependent antibacterial and optical properties

(2013) Nasrin Talebian et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Evolving strategies for preventing biofilm on implantable materials

(2013) Sarita R. Shah et al.   Materials Today

Risk factors for surgical site infections following clean orthopaedic operations

(2013) TOG Chukwuanukwu et al.   Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Sonication: A Valuable Technique for Diagnosis and Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infections

(2013) D. S. Evangelopoulos et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Immobilized antibiotics to prevent orthopaedic implant infections

(2012) Noreen J. Hickok et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Implications of stress-induced genetic variation for minimizing multidrug resistance in bacteria

(2012) Uri Obolski et al.   BMC Medicine

Cardiolipin and Mitochondrial Phosphatidylethanolamine Have Overlapping Functions in Mitochondrial Fusion inSaccharomyces cerevisiae

(2012) Amit S. Joshi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Device thrombogenicity emulation: A novel methodology for optimizing the thromboresistance of cardiovascular devices

(2012) Danny Bluestein et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

The influence of size, shape and vessel geometry on nanoparticle distribution

(2012) Jifu Tan et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Differential Actions of Chlorhexidine on the Cell Wall of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli

(2012) Hon-Yeung Cheung et al.   PLoS One

Antimicrobial Polymers in Solution and on Surfaces: Overview and Functional Principles

(2012) Felix Siedenbiedel et al.   Polymers

Size-dependent antimicrobial properties of sugar-encapsulated gold nanoparticles synthesized by a green method

(2012) Vivek D Badwaik et al.   Nanoscale Research Letters

The molecular mechanism of action of bactericidal gold nanoparticles on Escherichia coli

(2011) Yan Cui et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Impact of microbial attachment on intravascular catheter-related infections

(2011) Li Zhang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Extracellular DNA in Biofilms

(2011) Lucio Montanaro et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS

Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Prevent Macrophage Phagocytosis and Attenuate Inflammation In Vivo

(2011) L. R. Thurlow et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Size-Dependent Bacterial Growth Inhibition and Mechanism of Antibacterial Activity of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

(2011) Krishna R Raghupathi et al.   LANGMUIR

Update on Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections and Their Management

(2010) Larry M. Baddour et al.   CIRCULATION

Essential Role for the Major Autolysin in the Fibronectin-Binding Protein-MediatedStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Phenotype

(2010) Patrick Houston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Antibacterial activity of dental composites containing zinc oxide nanoparticles

(2010) Berdan Aydin Sevinç et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Biofilm formation and composition on different implant materials in vivo

(2010) A. Al-Ahmad et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART B-APPLIED BIOMATERIALS

Small Molecule-Capped Gold Nanoparticles as Potent Antibacterial Agents That Target Gram-Negative Bacteria

(2010) Yuyun Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Bacteria Pattern Spontaneously on Periodic Nanostructure Arrays

(2010) Allon I. Hochbaum et al.   NANO LETTERS

Metal-based nanoparticles and their toxicity assessment

(2010) Amanda M. Schrand et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Modulating cellular adhesion through nanotopography

(2009) Paolo Decuzzi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The microbiology of the infected knee arthroplasty

(2009) R. S. J. Nickinson et al.   INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS

The iron-sulfur clusters of dehydratases are primary intracellular targets of copper toxicity

(2009) L. Macomber et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Local Antibiotic Therapy in Osteomyelitis

(2009) Jaspaul Gogia et al.   Seminars in Plastic Surgery

Medical biofilms

(2008) James D. Bryers   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Toxicity of nanosized and bulk ZnO, CuO and TiO2 to bacteria Vibrio fischeri and crustaceans Daphnia magna and Thamnocephalus platyurus

(2008) Margit Heinlaan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Diagnosis and treatment of implant-associated septic arthritis and osteomyelitis

(2008) Andrej Trampuz et al.   Current Infectious Disease Reports

Strain specificity in antimicrobial activity of silver and copper nanoparticles

(2007) Jayesh P. Ruparelia et al.   Acta Biomaterialia