ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Silver and Antibiotic, New Facts to an Old Story.
Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antibiotic-Free Strategies for Managing Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- The Synergy Between a Silver-Ruthenium Antimicrobial and Aminoglycosides Is Based on Severe Macromolecular Damage.Molecular microbiology · 2026Article
- Implications of bacterial exposure to reactive oxygen and chlorine species.Infection and immunity · 2026Review
- Peptide structure and silver ion affinity: influence on the formation of α-helices upon metal binding.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
- Escaping the ESKAPE Antimicrobial Resistant Cycle with EVQ-218.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Synergy between a Silver-Ruthenium Antimicrobial and aminoglycosides is based on severe macromolecular damage.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Analysis of antimicrobial activity and biofilm inhibition of Ag-NHC complexes by in-vitro and molecular docking method.Future medicinal chemistry · 2025Article
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- Unlocking Enhanced Efficacy of Aminoglycoside Antibiotics Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Review
- Nature's Arsenal: Uncovering Antibacterial Agents Against Antimicrobial Resistance.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Novel Silver-Ruthenium-Based Antimicrobial Kills Gram-Negative Bacteria Through Oxidative Stress-Induced Macromolecular Damage.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Transcriptome analysis ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Enhanced antimicrobial efficacy by impregnation of vascular grafts with nanocolloidal silver.JVS-vascular science · 2025Article
- Advancements in alternative approaches to address antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pneumonia: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Incorporation of Silver into Sulfate Groups Enhances Antimicrobial and Antiviral Effects of Fucoidan.Marine drugs · 2024Article
- Enhancing Dental Alginate withGels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Combat phytopathogenic bacteria employing Argirium-SUNCs: limits and perspectives.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Silver Organometallics that are Highly Potent Thioredoxin and Glutathione Reductase Inhibitors: Exploring the Correlations of Solution Chemistry with the Strong Antibacterial Effects.ACS infectious diseases · 2024Article
- NHCs silver complexes as potential antimicrobial agents.Inorganica chimica acta · 2024Article
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Abstract
The therapeutic arsenal against bacterial infections is rapidly shrinking, as drug resistance spreads and pharmaceutical industry are struggling to produce new antibiotics. In this review we cover the efficacy of silver as an antibacterial agent. In particular we recall experimental evidences pointing to the multiple targets of silver, including DNA, proteins and small molecules, and we review the arguments for and against the hypothesis that silver acts by enhancing oxidative stress. We also review the recent use of silver as an adjuvant for antibiotics. Specifically, we discuss the state of our current understanding on the potentiating action of silver ions on aminoglycoside antibiotics.
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