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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2018

Efficiency of gold nanoparticles coated with the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin against biofilm formation and development of

Elisabetta de Alteriis, Valeria Maselli, Annarita Falanga, Stefania Galdiero, Federica Maria Di Lella, Renato Gesuele, Marco Guida, Emilia Galdiero

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elisabetta de AlteriisDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy, egaldier@unina.it.
Valeria MaselliDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy, egaldier@unina.it.
Annarita FalangaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Stefania GaldieroDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Federica Maria Di LellaSection of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital "Luigi Vanvitelli" of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Renato GesueleDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy, egaldier@unina.it.
Marco GuidaDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy, egaldier@unina.it.
Emilia GaldieroDepartment of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy, egaldier@unina.it.
Federico II University Hospital · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis article examines the use of a novel nano-system, gold nanoparticles coated with indolicidin (AuNPs-indolicidin), against pathogenic MATERIALS AND

methodsWe used an integrated approach, evaluating the effect of AuNPs-indolicidin on prevention and eradication of

resultsTreatment with the nano-complex significantly inhibits the capacity of

conclusionThese data provide a chance to develop novel therapies against nosocomially acquired refractory

Indexed as

anti-biofilm activityantimicrobial activitydrug resistancefungal biofilmfungal infections

Identifiers

PMID30013374
PMCPMC6037145
OpenAlexW2810105686

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