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ADVANCES IN COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 249, Issue -, Pages 53-65Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.06.010
Keywords
Urinary tract infections; Nanotechnology; Nanoparticles; Antimicrobials; Diagnosis; Biosensor; Nanoantibiotics
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India [IDP/MED/2013/02]
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At present, various diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are available for urinary tract infections. But, still the quest for development of more rapid, accurate and reliable approach is an unending process. The pathogens, especially uropathogens are adapting to new environments and antibiotics day by day rapidly. Therefore, urinary tract infections are evolving as hectic and difficult to eradicate, increasing the economic burden to the society. The technological advances should be able to compete the adaptability characteristics of microorganisms to combat their growth in new environments and thereby preventing their infections. Nanotechnology is at present an extensively developing area of immense scientific interest since it has diverse potential applications in biomedical field. Nanotechnology may be combined with cellular therapy approaches to overcome the limitations caused by conventional therapeutics. Nanoantibiotics and drug delivery using nanotechnology are currently growing areas of research in biomedical field. Recently, various categories of antibacterial nanoparticles and nanocarriers for drug delivery have shown their potential in the treatment of infectious diseases. Nanoparticles, compared to conventional antibiotics, are more beneficial in terms of decreasing toxicity, prevailing over resistance and lessening costs. Nanoparticles present long term therapeutic effects since they are retained in body for relatively longer periods. This review focuses on recent advances in the field of nano technology, principally emphasizing diagnostics and therapeutics of urinary tract infections.
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