Nanotechnology in diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases

The book was created especially considering the still spreading the risk of resistance of infectious pathogens to antimicrobial agents. Resistance to antimicrobial agents has been reaching high levels among all types of microorganisms. Bacteria constantly demonstrate growing rates of resistance to classical and newly introduced antibiotics, fungi increase rates of resistance to antimycotics, viruses, increase rates of resistance to antiviral agents, and even insect vectors carrying microorganisms have been acquiring the ability to develop resistance to the most common insecticidal agents. Because of this, the efforts of scientists all over the world are being directed to the search for new and effective methods to cope with drug resistance. One promising approach Book titled Nanotechnology in diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases was released in 2015 by Mahendra Rai from India and Kateryna Kon from Ukraine. The aim of our study was the use of nanotechnology (silver, selenium, copper or zinc nanoparticles) in complexes with polymer substance chitosan to reduce the risk and spread of dangerous bacterial pathogens. Nanoparticles of metals interacting with cellular components and biomacromolecules including DNA and RNA alter cellular processes.

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