ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2019
The Use of Copper as an Antimicrobial Agent in Health Care, Including Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 203 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of copper-impregnated hospital linen in reducing healthcare-associated infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of contraceptive methods on the vaginal microbiome and host immune factors.Contraception · 2025Trial
- Electrical, Optical, and Anti-Microbial Behavior of Copper Nitrates-Doped Chitosan.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Genomic Diversity of VaginalViruses · 2026Article
- Combined Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment and Copper for Effective Disinfection in a Circulating Water System.ACS ES&T engineering · 2026Article
- Lecanicillium aphanocladii-derived copper oxide nanoparticles as a green nano-fungicide enhancing molecular and antioxidant defense against fusarium wilt in potato.Microbial cell factories · 2026Article
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- Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential of Nutritional Immunity.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- From Fungicide to Phagosome: A One Health View of Copper-Driven Fungal-Bacterial Interactions.Current clinical microbiology reports · 2026Review
- Multi-Omics Evidence Based on Spatial Transcriptomics Data Reveals the Therapeutic Value of Copper Death Genes in Glioblastoma.International journal of genomics · 2026Article
- Harnessing Copper Nanoparticles for Antimicrobial Applications: Advances and Challenges.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Synthesis, characterization and bioactivity of chalcone-based polybenzoxazine/copper oxide nanocomposites.RSC advances · 2025Article
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- Hydroxyapatite-Reinforced, Infection-Resistant CoCrMo-3Cu for Load-Bearing Implants.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial efficacy of chlorhexidine-treated surfaces against clinical isolates implicated in nosocomial infections.Journal of medical microbiology · 2025Article
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- Light-driven self-sterilizing cotton fabric and drug delivery: improvement of the antimicrobial activity of 4-sulfo-1,8-naphthalimide via its dendrimer and metallic dendrimer formation.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2025Article
- Copper induced augmentation of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii MCC 3114.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2025Article
- Virucidal and Bactericidal Properties of Biocompatible Copper Textiles.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2025Article
- NewPHAGE (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2025Article
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are a global problem associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Controlling the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is a major public health challenge, and antimicrobial resistance has become one of the most important global problems in current times. The antimicrobial effect of copper has been known for centuries, and ongoing research is being conducted on the use of copper-coated hard and soft surfaces for reduction of microbial contamination and, subsequently, reduction of HAIs. This review provides an overview of the historical and current evidence of the antimicrobial and wound-healing properties of copper and explores its possible utility in obstetrics and gynecology.
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