Antimicrobial polymers: the potential replacement of existing antibiotics?

NF Kamaruzzaman, LP Tan, RH Hamdan… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is now considered a major global challenge; compromising medical
advancements and our ability to treat infectious disease. Increased antimicrobial resistance …

Cationic antimicrobial polymers and their assemblies

AM Carmona-Ribeiro… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Cationic compounds are promising candidates for development of antimicrobial agents.
Positive charges attached to surfaces, particles, polymers, peptides or bilayers have been …

The antimicrobial polymer PHMB enters cells and selectively condenses bacterial chromosomes

K Chindera, M Mahato, A Kumar Sharma, H Horsley… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
To combat infection and antimicrobial resistance, it is helpful to elucidate drug mechanism
(s) of action. Here we examined how the widely used antimicrobial polyhexamethylene …

Tuning the hemolytic and antibacterial activities of amphiphilic polynorbornene derivatives

MF Ilker, K Nüsslein, GN Tew… - Journal of the American …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Amphiphilic cationic polynorbornene derivatives, soluble in water, were prepared from
modular norbornene monomers, with a wide range of molecular weights (M n= 1600− 137 …

Targeting the hard to reach: challenges and novel strategies in the treatment of intracellular bacterial infections

NF Kamaruzzaman, S Kendall… - British journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Infectious diseases continue to threaten human and animal health and welfare globally,
impacting millions of lives and causing substantial economic loss. The use of antibacterials …

Review on the efficacy, safety and clinical applications of polihexanide, a modern wound antiseptic

NO Hübner, A Kramer - Skin pharmacology and physiology, 2010 - karger.com
Infected wounds are still one of the great challenges in medicine. In the last decade, it has
become increasingly clear that antimicrobial chemotherapy is limited by the spread of …

Infectious disease: Connecting innate immunity to biocidal polymers

GJ Gabriel, A Som, AE Madkour, T Eren… - Materials Science and …, 2007 - Elsevier
Infectious disease is a critically important global healthcare issue. In the US alone there are
2 million new cases of hospital-acquired infections annually leading to 90,000 deaths and 5 …

Biguanides: Species with versatile therapeutic applications

D Kathuria, AD Raul, P Wanjari, PV Bharatam - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biguanides are compounds in which two guanidine moieties are fused to form a highly
conjugated system. Biguanides are highly basic and hence they are available as salts …

Polihexanide: a safe and highly effective biocide

K Kaehn - Skin pharmacology and physiology, 2010 - karger.com
Polihexanide is a broad-spectrum antiseptic with excellent tolerance and a low-risk profile.
The physicochemical action on the bacterial envelope prevents or impedes the development …

Negative-pressure wound therapy with instillation: international consensus guidelines

PJ Kim, CE Attinger, JS Steinberg… - Plastic and …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Background: Negative-pressure wound therapy with instillation is increasingly utilized as an
adjunct therapy for a wide variety of wounds. Despite its growing popularity, there is a …