Liposomes as antibiotic delivery systems: a promising nanotechnological strategy against antimicrobial resistance

M Ferreira, M Ogren, JNR Dias, M Silva, S Gil… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial drugs are key tools to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Despite the early
success of antibiotics, the current treatment of bacterial infections faces serious challenges …

Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for control of microbial biofilms: a review

MA Dos Santos Ramos, PB Da Silva… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Since the dawn of civilization, it has been understood that pathogenic microorganisms
cause infectious conditions in humans, which at times, may prove fatal. Among the different …

Lipid and polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery to bacterial biofilms

K Forier, K Raemdonck, SC De Smedt… - Journal of controlled …, 2014 - Elsevier
Biofilms are matrix-enclosed communities of bacteria that show increased antibiotic
resistance and the capability to evade the immune system. They can cause recalcitrant …

Inhaled formulations and pulmonary drug delivery systems for respiratory infections

QT Zhou, SSY Leung, P Tang, T Parumasivam… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2015 - Elsevier
Respiratory infections represent a major global health problem. They are often treated by
parenteral administrations of antimicrobials. Unfortunately, systemic therapies of high-dose …

Liposomes as delivery systems for antibiotics

Z Drulis-Kawa, A Dorotkiewicz-Jach - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2010 - Elsevier
Liposomes are currently in common use as universal drug carriers in the cosmetic and
pharmaceutical industries. The manipulation of different physicochemical properties of …

Nanotechnology in combating biofilm: A smart and promising therapeutic strategy

YK Mohanta, I Chakrabartty, AK Mishra… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Since the birth of civilization, people have recognized that infectious microbes cause serious
and often fatal diseases in humans. One of the most dangerous characteristics of …

Current trends in development of liposomes for targeting bacterial biofilms

Z Rukavina, Ž Vanić - Pharmaceutics, 2016 - mdpi.com
Biofilm targeting represents a great challenge for effective antimicrobial therapy. Increased
biofilm resistance, even with the elevated concentrations of very potent antimicrobial agents …

Antibacterial activity of chitosan nanofiber meshes with liposomes immobilized releasing gentamicin

N Monteiro, M Martins, A Martins, NA Fonseca… - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Chitsan (Ch) nanofiber mesh (NFM) is a material with natural characteristics favoring its use
in human wound dressing. The present work proposes a gentamicin-loaded liposome …

Optimization and characterization of tannic acid loaded niosomes for enhanced antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities

F Heidari, I Akbarzadeh, D Nourouzian… - Advanced Powder …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to prepare and characterize an optimized system of tannic
acid-loaded niosomes as a potential carrier for antibacterial and anti-biofilm delivery. The …

Overcoming resistance: Chitosan-modified liposomes as targeted drug carriers in the fight against multidrug resistant bacteria-a review

I Singh, S Kumar, S Singh, MY Wani - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global health threat, rendering standard
antibiotics ineffective against multi-drug resistant bacteria. To tackle this urgent issue …