Antimicrobial Silver in Medicinal Applications
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Novel Antimicrobial Agents".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 19088
Special Issue Editor
Interests: green synthesis; metal nanoparticles; antimicrobial agents; synergism; wound healing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The last decade has witnessed an increased interest in the development and usage of silver as an antimicrobial agent in numerous fields, including the medical, consumer, agricultural and industrial sectors. There are reports describing silver ions and nanoparticles highly potent against multi-drug resistant bacteria with comparatively minimal toxicity to mammalian cells. However, bacterial resistance against silver was also documented with controversies present in literature regarding safety of the increased quantity of commercially available products incorporating silver nanoparticles. This Special Issue is dedicated to topics concerning:
- availability of antimicrobial silver products in wide medicinal applications as alternative treatments including targeted therapies that incorporate synergistic incorporation of silver;
- caution of proper choice of controls and monitoring of medical safety of silver products;
- environmental contamination and recycle of silver antimicrobial agents;
- investigations into mode of action with proposed mechanisms of antibiotic-resistance and the potential synergistic effects of silver complexed with antibiotics or other natural antimicrobials.
Manuscripts including research related to the themes mentioned above are welcome.
Dr. Zyta M. Ziora
Guest Editor
Keywords
- Antimicrobial agent
- Environmental safety
- Medical safety
- Medicinal application
- Multi-drug resistance
- Silver ions
- Silver nanoparticles