Synergistic ROS-Associated Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles and Gentamicin Against Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Paulina Mazur Iwona Skiba-KurekPaulina MrowiecElżbieta Karczewska Ryszard Drożdż

Published in: International journal of nanomedicine (2020)

Generation of reactive oxygen species by Tween-coated metallic silver nanoparticles was significantly enhanced by gentamicin, confirming the hypothesis of oxidative-associated mechanism of the synergistic antibacterial effect of the gentamicin-silver nanoparticles complex.

Keyphrases

silver nanoparticles
reactive oxygen species
biofilm formation
cancer therapy
staphylococcus aureus
cell death
dna damage
pseudomonas aeruginosa