Effect of conjugated sliver nanoparticles with antimicrobial activity against multi drug resistant wound and ventilator-associated pneumonia bacterial pathogens

The modern field of nanomaterials is a promising area of research with silver nanoparticles performing well as antimicrobial agents due to their large surface area and multiple bacterial targets. In the current study antibiotic conjugated silver nanoparticles were synthesized using beta-lactam antibiotic, ampicillin. The method of heating during synthesis (microwave or convection) influenced the physical characteristics of the ampicillin coated silver nanoparticles, however both approaches produced nanomaterials with antimicrobial activity against a panel of wound and ventilator associated multi-drug resistant clinical isolates