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Thompson, Mike

Mayo Clinic

Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1 St SW, Rochester, MN 55905; Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, 200 1 St SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

Citations 1

Targeting bacterial biofilms via surface engineering of gold nanoparticles

RSC Advances | December 1, 2015 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 128 | Pages: 105551-105559

10.1039/c5ra16305f | PMID 26877871

Bacterial biofilms are associated with persistent infections and antibiotics resistance which substantially complicate patient care. Surface engineering of nanoparticles represents a novel and unconventional approach to disrupt biofilms and target bacterial pathogens.