Antibiotic delivery using gold nanoparticles

• Published in: SN applied sciences Vol. 2; no. 6; p. 1022
• Main Authors: Fuller, Melanie, Whiley, Harriet, Köper, Ingo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 1. Chemistry (general); Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Applied and Technical Physics; Bacteria; Bacterial infections; Chemistry/Food Science; Coatings; Colistin; Dosage; Drug dosages; E coli; Earth Sciences; Engineering; Environment; Gold; Infections; Materials Science; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Nanoparticles; Plating; Research Article; Side effects; Spectrum analysis; Australia; United States > US; Antibiotic; Drug delivery; Colistin; Gold nanoparticles

Antibiotic resistance is set to become one of the greatest threats to human existence and new treatments or more effective ways of treating infections have to be developed. Colistin is considered a last line of defence antibiotic which has decreased usage due to undesirable side effects and thus has...