ABSTRACT
Keywords: nanotechnology, nanomaterials, superbugs, antibiotic resistance, antibacterial, nanomedicine, nano-enabled antibiotics, silver nanoparticle, NO-releasing nanoparticles, nano-coatings, nano drug delivery systems, nano biosensors
an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century,” Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s assistant director-general for Health Security, pointed out in a forward to the report. The alarming situation concerning antibiotic resistance and the socalled “superbugs” is sending shock waves through the medical community and public across the globe. Superbugs is a term coined to describe newly evolved species of bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. Excessive (overuse) use and misuse (wrong diagnosis or self-medication) of conventional antibiotics have given rise to the grave problem of antimicrobial resistance worldwide.
