Functionalized Nanomaterials for the Management of Microbial Infection: A Strategy to Address Microbial Drug Resistance

Functionalized Nanomaterials for the Management of Microbial Infection: A Strategy to Address Microbial Drug Resistance introduces the reader to the newly developing use of nanotechnology to combat microbial drug resistance. Excessive use of antibiotics and antimicrobial agents has produced an inexorable rise in antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens. The use of nanotechnology is currently the most promising strategy to overcome microbial drug resistance. This book shows how, due to their small size, nanoparticles can surmount existing drug resistance mechanisms, including decreased uptake and increased efflux of the drug from the microbial cell, biofilm formation, and intracellular bacteria. In particular, chapters cover the use of nanoparticles to raise intracellular antimicrobial levels, thus directly targeting sites of infection and packaging multiple antimicrobial agents onto a single nanoparticle. Provides the information users need to integrate antibacterial nanoparticles into future treatmentsGives readers with backgrounds in nanotechnology, chemistry, and materials science an understanding of the main issues concerning microbial drug resistance and its challenges Includes real-life case studies that illustrates how functionalized nanomaterials are used to manage microbial infection INDICE: 1. Preface2. Introduction3. A general overview on nanomaterials as drug carrier4. Nanomedicine in the management of microbial infection: Antimicrobial potential of nanomaterials; mechanisms of action4.1. Nanotechnology for microbial diagnosis4.2. Nanotechnology in antimicrobial treatment4.3. Antimicrobial nanomaterials as water disinfectants4.4. Antimicrobial nanomaterials for food packaging applications4.5. Antimicrobial nanomaterials for wound healing4.6. Antimicrobial nanomaterials in medical devices 4.7. Antibacterial nanovaccine5. Nanotechnology to prevent biofilm formation6. Macromolecular antimicrobials7. Opportunities and challenges

• ISBN: 978-0-323-41625-2
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 338
• Fecha Publicación: 03/01/2017
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés