Enhancement of antibiotics antimicrobial activity due to the silver nanoparticles impact on the cell membrane.

The ability of microorganisms to generate resistance outcompetes with the generation of new and efficient antibiotics; therefore, it is critical to develop novel antibiotic agents and treatments to control bacterial infections. An alternative to this worldwide problem is the use of nanomaterials wit...

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Main Authors: R Vazquez-Muñoz, A Meza-Villezcas, P G J Fournier, E Soria-Castro, K Juarez-Moreno, A L Gallego-Hernández, N Bogdanchikova, R Vazquez-Duhalt, A Huerta-Saquero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224904