Polyethylene glycol-stabilized sulphur nanoparticles: an effective antimicrobial agent against multidrug-resistant bacteria
Author(s) -
Samrat Roy Choudhury,
Subhasree Roy,
Arunava Goswami,
Sulagna Basu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkr591
Subject(s) - broth microdilution , multiple drug resistance , polyethylene glycol , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , agar dilution , bacteria , chromatography , antibiotics , biology , minimum inhibitory concentration , biochemistry , genetics
To elucidate the antibacterial efficacy of chemically synthesized and custom-made sulphur nanoparticles (SNPs) of two different sizes and surface modifications against a number of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (GNB) harbouring the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 enzyme (NDM-1).
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