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Antimicrobial Applications of Nanoparticles
Ayesha Kanwal (The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan), Zeeshan Ahmad Bhutta (Chungbuk National University, South Korea), Ambreen Ashar (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan), Ashar Mahfooz (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan), Rizwan Ahmed (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan), Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam Kulyar (Huazhong Agricultural University, China), and Kun Li (Nanjing Agricultural University, China)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8936-6.ch012
Abstract
Human mortality due to drug-resistant infections is becoming more prevalent in our society. Antibiotics are impotent due to abuse and/or misuse, leading to new, more expensive, and more effective medicines and treatments. Therefore, it causes many short-term and long-term side effects in the patient. On the other hand, nanoparticles have exhibited antibacterial activity against various pathogens due to their small size and ability to destroy cells by various mechanisms. Unlike antibiotics for the treatment of patients' diseases and infections, nanomaterials provide an exciting way to limit the growth of microorganisms due to infections in humans. This has led to the development of a number of nanoparticles as active antibacterial agents. Therefore, the authors have carefully reviewed the recent developments in the use of nanomaterials for antibacterial applications and the mechanisms that make them an effective alternate antibacterial agent.