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ArticleBioMed research international2020

Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Biofilm Formation and EPS Production of Multidrug-Resistant

Muhammad Hussnain Siddique, Bilal Aslam, Muhammad Imran, Asma Ashraf, Habibullah Nadeem, Sumreen Hayat, Mohsin Khurshid, Muhammad Afzal, Imran Riaz Malik, Mudassar Shahzad and 3 more

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Article in BioMed research international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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62 citing papers in PubMed, 177 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad Hussnain SiddiqueDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Bilal AslamDepartment of Microbiology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad ImranDepartment of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari-Campus, 61100 Vehari, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4184-6603
Asma AshrafDepartment of Zoology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7026-670X
Habibullah NadeemDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Sumreen HayatDepartment of Microbiology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Mohsin KhurshidDepartment of Microbiology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad AfzalDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Imran Riaz MalikDepartment of Biotechnology, University of Sargodha, University Road Sargodha, Pakistan.
Mudassar ShahzadDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Umber QureshiDepartment of Microbiology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Zia Ul Haq KhanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari-Campus, 61100 Vehari, Pakistan.
Saima MuzammilDepartment of Microbiology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-8878
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKCOMSATS University Islamabad · PKUniversity of Sargodha · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance against present antibiotics is rising at an alarming rate with need for discovery of advanced methods to treat infections caused by resistant pathogens. Silver nanoparticles are known to exhibit satisfactory antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against different pathogens. In the present study, the AgNPs were synthesized chemically and characterized by UV-Visible spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Antibacterial activity against MDR

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BiofilmsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialKlebsiella pneumoniaeMetal NanoparticlesSilverSilver

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PMID32382563
PMCPMC7189323
OpenAlexW3087899995

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