P. aeruginosa: (A) without treatment; treated with (B) bismuth nanoparticles; (C) x-rays; (D) x-rays and bismuth nanoparticles
Scientists in the US and China have come up with a low-risk treatment for bacterial infections in a deep wound.
Treating infections has long been a challenge for healthcare professionals, and infections caused by drug resistant bacteria have made this task even more difficult to manage. Recently, the genome of an MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) outbreak in a hospital was sequenced to identify the source of infection, track its spread and avoid an outbreak.1 Such extreme measures of tracing infection need an equally tough bactericide. X-ray irradiation is known to have bactericidal properties; however, the high doses needed and the associated risks have restricted its use in vivo.
Interested to know more? Read the full article in Chemistry World here…
Read the article from Nanoscale:
Targeted nanoparticles for enhanced X-ray radiation killing of multidrug-resistant bacteria
Yang Luo, Mainul Hossain, Chaoming Wang, Yong Qiao, Jincui An, Liyuan Ma and Ming Su
Nanoscale, 2012, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C2NR33154C
