SILVER NANOPARTICLES-DISK DIFFUSION TEST AGAINST Escherichia coli ISOLATES
| Autor: | Antonio Auberson Martins Maciel, Kamila Rocha Maia, Everardo Albuquerque Menezes, Eduardo José Jucá Mallman, Ieda Pereira de Souza, Francisco Afrânio Cunha, Pierre Basílio Almeida Fechine, Maria da Conceição dos Santos Oliveira Cunha |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
medicine.drug_class lcsh:RC955-962 Diffusion Antibiotics 02 engineering and technology Antimicrobial activity 010402 general chemistry medicine.disease_cause Brief Communication 01 natural sciences Silver nanoparticle Microbiology medicine Escherichia coli Agar diffusion test Spherical shape Chemistry General Medicine 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Antimicrobial 0104 chemical sciences Ciprofloxacin Infectious Diseases Silver nanoparticles 0210 nano-technology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 58, Iss 0 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 58, Article number: 73, Published: 22 SEP 2016 |
| ISSN: | 1678-9946 0036-4665 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY Nanotechnology can be a valuable ally in the treatment of infections. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are structures that have antimicrobial activity. The aim of this study was to produce AgNPs by green methods, characterize these structures, and assess their antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli associated with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. AgNPs were characterized by spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated by the disk diffusion method against 10 strains of E. coli. The synthesized AgNPs showed a spherical shape and a size of 85.07 ± 12.86 nm (mean ± SD). AgNPs increased the activity of ciprofloxacin by 40% and may represent a new therapeutic option for the treatment of bacterial infections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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