Investigation of the antibacterial activity of Ag‐NPs conjugated with a specific antibody against Staphylococcus aureus after photoactivation

• Main Authors: Al-Sharqi, Anes, Kasing, Apun, Micky, Anak Vincent, Kanakaraju, Devagi, Leslie, Bilung, Sia, Magdline Henry Sum
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society For Applied Microbiology 2019
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; QR180 Immunology; RB Pathology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28136/1/jam.14471; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/28136/; https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jam.14471#accessDenialLayout; https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14471
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Aim This work reports a new method for the use of lasers for the selective killing of bacteria targeted using light‐absorbing Silver nanoparticles (Ag‐NPs) conjugated with a specific antibody against the Gram‐positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Methods and Results Ag‐NPs were...