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Acinetobacter baumannii , an opportunistic ESKAPE pathogen, causes respiratory and urinary tract infections. Its prevalence increases gradually in the clinical setup. Pathogenicity of  Acinetobacter  is significantly influenced by its ability to infect and survive in human pulmonary cells. Therefore, it is important to study the infection of  A. baumannii  in human pulmonary host cell (A-549), monitoring surface interacting and internalized bacteria. It was found that during infection of  A. baumannii , about 40% bacteria adhered to A-549, whereas 20% got internalized inside pulmonary cell and induces threefold increase in the reactive oxygen species production. We have synthesized polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-capped AgNPs using chemical methods and tested its efficacy against carbapenem-resistant strain of  A. baumannii . PVP-capped silver nanoparticles (PVP-AgNPs) (30 µM) have shown antibacterial activity against carbapenem-resistant strain of  A. baumannii  and this concentration does not have any cytotoxic effect on the human pulmonary cell line (IC 50  is 130 µM). Similarly, PVP-AgNPs treatment decreases 80% viability of intracellular bacteria, decreases adherence of  A. baumannii  to A-549 (40 to 2.2%), and decreases intracellular concentration (20 to 1.3%) of  A. baumannii . This concludes that PVP-AgNPs can be developed as a substitute for carbapenem to control the infection caused by carbapenem-resistant  A. baumannii .

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Polyvinylpyrrolidone-Capped Silver Nanoparticle Inhibits Infection of Carbapenem-Resistant Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii in the Human Pulmonary Epithelial Cell