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Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity

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This overview incorporates a retrospective of previous reviews published from 2007 to 2013 and recent original contributions on the progress of research on antimicrobial mechanisms to summarize the current knowledge in the field of antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles.
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This article is published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.The article was published on 2016-04-01. It has received 1055 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle.

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Antimicrobial activity of biogenic silver nanoparticles, and silver chloride nanoparticles: an overview and comments

TL;DR: To have relevant results on antimicrobial effects of biogenic silver-based nanoparticles, it is necessary to have a complete and adequate characterization of these nanostructures, followed by standard methodology in microbiology protocols.
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Silver nanoparticles in dentistry.

TL;DR: Silver nanoparticles are a promising system with important features such as antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antitumor activity, and a potential carrier in sustained drug delivery and there are some aspects of the mechanisms of action of AgNPs, and some important toxicological aspects arising from the use of this system that must be completely elucidated.
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Electrospun Janus nanofibers loaded with a drug and inorganic nanoparticles as an effective antibacterial wound dressing

TL;DR: The PVP-CIP/EC-AgNPs Janus fibers could be a promising candidate for effective wound dressings and paves a new way for creating Janus structure-based advanced functional nanomaterials.
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From Nano to Micro: using nanotechnology to combat microorganisms and their multidrug resistance

TL;DR: The current review summarizes recent progress over the last 2 years in the field of antibacterial nanodrugs, and describes their unique properties, mode of action and activity against MDR bacteria and biofilms.
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Both silver ions and silver nanoparticles facilitate the horizontal transfer of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance genes.

TL;DR: The potential ecological risks of environmental levels of AgNPs and Ag+ for promoting the spread of ARGs are exposed and concerns regarding the management of nanoparticles and heavy metals are highlighted.
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The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: The results indicate that the bactericidal properties of the nanoparticles are size dependent, since the only nanoparticles that present a direct interaction with the bacteria preferentially have a diameter of approximately 1-10 nm.
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Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria

TL;DR: These nontoxic nanomaterials, which can be prepared in a simple and cost-effective manner, may be suitable for the formulation of new types of bactericidal materials.
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Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: The results suggest that Ag nanoparticles can be used as effective growth inhibitors in various microorganisms, making them applicable to diverse medical devices and antimicrobial control systems.
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Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance

TL;DR: Known mechanisms of microbial resistance (both intrinsic and acquired) to biocides are reviewed, with emphasis on the clinical implications of these reports.
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Does the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles depend on the shape of the nanoparticle? A study of the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli.

TL;DR: This is the first comparative study on the bactericidal properties of silver nanoparticles of different shapes, and the results demonstrate thatsilver nanoparticles undergo a shape-dependent interaction with the gram-negative organism E. coli.
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