The Anti-Mycobacterial Activity Of Ag, ZnO, And Ag- ZnO Nanoparticles Against MDR- And XDR- Mycobacterium tuberculosis

• Published in: Infection and drug resistance Vol. 12; pp. 3425 - 3435
• Main Authors: Heidary, Mohsen, Zaker Bostanabad, Saeed, Amini, Seyed Mohammad, Jafari, Alireza, Ghalami Nobar, Mostafa, Ghodousi, Arash, Kamalzadeh, Morteza, Darban-Sarokhalil, Davood
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.11.2019; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Antibacterial agents; Disease eradication; Drug resistance; EDTA; Electron microscopy; Germany; Health aspects; Ionizing radiation; Iran; mdr-tb; Microbial drug resistance; Microscopy; Mortality; mycobacterium tuberculosis; nanoparticle; Nanoparticles; Original Research; Pharmaceutical industry; Silver; Spectroscopy; Tuberculosis; Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy; United States; xdr-tb; Zinc oxide; Iran; United States; Germany; MDR-TB; nanoparticle; silver; XDR-TB; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; zinc oxide

Nowadays, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten leading causes of mortality worldwide. The emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) - and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) - is identified as one of the most challenging threats to TB control. Thus, new and safe nano-drugs are urgently required for the...