Characterization of Polysaccharide-Based Composites Enriched with Zinc Oxide and Bacitracin for the Treatment of Infected Wounds.

Alicja Macyk, Anna Kusibab, Dorota Ochońska, Monika Brzychczy-Włoch, Katarzyna Reczyńska-Kolman, Elżbieta Pamuła

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alicja MacykDepartment of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza Avenue 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0009-0003-9988-7464

Anna KusibabDepartment of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza Avenue 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5580-7392

Dorota OchońskaDepartment of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul Czysta 18, 31-121 Kraków, Poland.

Monika Brzychczy-WłochDepartment of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, ul Czysta 18, 31-121 Kraków, Poland.

Katarzyna Reczyńska-KolmanDepartment of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza Avenue 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.

Elżbieta PamułaDepartment of Biomaterials and Composites, Faculty of Materials Science and Ceramics, AGH University of Krakow, Mickiewicza Avenue 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0464-6189

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Abstract

This study aimed to manufacture and characterize highly porous dressings based on gellan gum (GG) and sodium alginate (Alg) hydrogels modified with zinc oxide (ZnO) and bacitracin (BAC) intended for infected and exuding wounds. ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO(n)) were 26 ± 4 nm in size according to atomic force microscopy (AFM), while the size of the microparticles (ZnO(m)) was 1.02 ± 0.01 µm according to laser diffraction measurements. Their relative surface areas were 39.16 m

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bacitracingellan gumhydrogelssodium alginatewound dressingszinc oxide nanoparticles

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PMID41892540

DOI10.3390/gels12030218

PMCPMC13025598

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