title: Shell crosslinked nanoparticles carrying silver antimicrobials as therapeutics.
abstract: Amphiphilic polymer nanoparticles loaded with silver cations or/and N-heterocyclic carbene-silver complexes were assessed as antimicrobial agents against Gram-negative pathogens Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Radiology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA.
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Khadijah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hindi
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Watts
authors.forename: Jane B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zicheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hunstad
authors.forename: Carolyn L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Wiley J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Youngs
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Wooley
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects; D012834:Silver / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; C030011:carbene; D012834:Silver; D008697:Methane