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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2019

The Use of Nanomedicine for Targeted Therapy against Bacterial Infections.

Abdulkader Masri, Ayaz Anwar, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  13. Delivery of gene editing therapeutics.Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine · 2023
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  17. Nanocarrier Drug Conjugates Exhibit Potent Anti-Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  18. Biomimetic cell membrane-coated poly(lactic-Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Abdulkader MasriDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Selangor 47500, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-5686-114X
Ayaz AnwarDepartment of Biological Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Sunway University, Selangor 47500, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8638-3193
Naveed Ahmed KhanDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, University City, Sharjah 26666, UAE.ORCID 0000-0001-7667-8553
Ruqaiyyah SiddiquiDepartment of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, University City, Sharjah 26666, UAE.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of drug resistance combined with limited success in the discovery of newer and effective antimicrobial chemotherapeutics poses a significant challenge to human and animal health. Nanoparticles may be an approach for effective drug development and delivery against infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria. Here we discuss nanoparticles therapeutics and nano-drug delivery against bacterial infections. The therapeutic efficacy of numerous kinds of nanoparticles including nanoantibiotics conjugates, small molecules capped nanoparticles, polymers stabilized nanoparticles, and biomolecules functionalized nanoparticles has been discussed. Moreover, nanoparticles-based drug delivery systems against bacterial infections have been described. Furthermore, the fundamental limitation of biocompatibility and biosafety of nanoparticles is also conferred. Finally, we propose potential future strategies of nanomaterials as antibacterials.

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antibacterial efficacydrug deliverynanomedicine

Identifiers

PMID31835647
PMCPMC6963790

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