Synergy between “Probiotic” Carbon Quantum Dots and Ciprofloxacin in Eradicating Infectious Biofilms and Their Biosafety in Mice

Orally administrated probiotic bacteria can aid antibiotic treatment of intestinal infections, but their arrival at their intestinal target site is hampered by killing in the gastrointestinal tract and by antibiotics solely intended for pathogen killing. Carbon-quantum-dots are extremely small nanop...

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Main Authors: Yanyan Wu, Guang Yang, Henny C. van der Mei, Linqi Shi, Henk J. Busscher, Yijin Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Series:Pharmaceutics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/11/1809