Antibiotic Materials in Healthcare

Table of Contents

1. Antibiotic Nanomaterials
Kokkarachedu Varaprasad, Chandrasekaran Karthikeyan, Vimala Kanikireddy, Dariela N��ez, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku and Rodrigo Briones
2. Therapeutic Efficacy of Antibiotics in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Vuyolwethu Khwaza, Zintle Mbese, Blessing A. Aderibigbe and Opeoluwa O. Oyedeji
3. Antibiotic Polymer for Biomedical Applications
Victoria Oluwaseun Fasiku, Daniel Hassan, Shesan John Owonubi, Emmanuel Mukwevho and Jimmy Lolu Olajide
4. Natural Polymeric Materials as a Vehicle for Antibiotics
Walther Ide and Yousof Farrag
5. Biodegradable Antibiotic Importers in Medicine
Gbolahan Joseph Adekoya, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, Yskander Hamam, Suprakas Sinha Ray, Ehigie David Esezobor, Babatunde Bolasodun, Wakufwa Bonex Mwakikunga, Oluwasegun Chijioke Adekoya, Jimmy Lolu Olajide, Oladipo Folorunso, Olusesan Frank Biotidara, Abayomi Awosanya, Ahamdu, George Apeh, Ebiowei Moses Yibowei, Ugonna Kingsley Ugo, Omonefe Joy Odubunmi, Omondi Vincent Ojijo, Kehinde Williams Kupolati, Oluyemi Ojo Daramola and Idowu David Ibrahim
6. Biodegradable Antibiotics in Wound Healing
Daniel Hassan, Victoria Oluwaseun Fasiku, Shadrack Joel Madu and Jamilu Muazu
7. Antibiotics Encapsulated Scaffolds as Potential Wound Dressings
B. Buyana, S. Alven, X. Nqoro and Blessing A. Aderibigbe
8. Recent Progress on Antibiotic Polymer/Metal Nanocomposites for Health Applications
T.S. Motsoeneng, M.J. Mochane, T.C. Mokhena and Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku
9. Antibiotic 3D Printed Materials for Healthcare Applications
T.C. Mokhena, M.J. John, M.J. Mochane, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, T.S. Motsoeneng, Mtibe and P.C. Tsipa
10. Inhibition of Bacterial Growth and Removal of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria From Wastewater
Kehinde Williams Kupolati, A.A. Busari, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, A. Frattari, A.A. Adeboje, C. Kambole, K.S. Mojapelo, M.R. Maite, N. Motsilanyane, W. Bezuidenhout, A.A. Eze, Idowu David Ibrahim, O.O. Ayeleru, T.A. Adegbola, J. Snyman, R.J. Moloisane, M.M. Mokae, J.M. Ndambuki, O. Agboola, Victoria Oluwaseun Fasiku, Oluyemi Oja Daramola, M.S. Onyango, P.A. Olubambi, A.M. Berhe, M. Ndlovu, L. De Villiers, D.A. Branga-Peicu and R.W. Salim
11. Nosocomial Bacterial Infection of Orthopedic Implants and Antibiotic Hydroxyapatite/Silver-Coated Halloysite Nanotube With Improved Structural Integrity as Potential Prophylaxis
Jimmy Lolu Olajide, D.A. Desai, J.O. Ajibola, Gbolahan Joseph Adekoya, Oluyemi Ojo Daramola, K.K. Alaneme, Victoria Oluwaseun Fasiku and Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku
12. Antibiotics as Emerging Pollutants in Water and Its Treatment
Mariel Godoy and Julio S�nchez
13. Aptamer and Riboswitches: A Novel Tool for the Need of New Antimicrobial Active Compounds
V�ctor D�az-Garc�a, BS, PhD and Gerardo Retamal-Morales
14. The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Antibiotics Used in the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Motshabi Alinah Sibeko, Victor Chike Agbakoba, Jethro Nkomo and Shanganyane Percy Hlangothi
15. Metal Oxide Nanoparticles: A Welcome Development for Targeting Bacteria
Victoria Oluwaseun Fasiku, Shesan John Owonubi, Nyemaga Masanje Malima, Daniel Hassan and Neerish Revaprasadu
16. Metal OxideeBased Nanocomposites as Antimicrobial and Biomedical Agents
Shesan John Owonubi, Nyemaga Masanje Malima and Neerish Revaprasadu

Authors

Kokkarachedu Varaprasad Investigator, Center for Advanced Polymer Research, Concepcion, Chile. Dr. Varaprasad is an Investigator at the Center for Advanced Polymer Research, Concepcion, Chile. He holds a PhD in Hydrogels for Antibacterial Materials in Polymer Science & Tech. He was the recipient of 3 International Postdoctoral Fellowships in Creighton University USA, Tshwane University of Technology SA and Universidad de Concepcion, Chile. During this period, he developed modern antibiotics and biomaterials. He has published over 98 articles, includin, 2 patents, 20 book chapters, and more than 2480 citations. He is the recipient of 7 research grants (2 projects ranked as 1 and 4th). Member in several Societies. He guided for several students in biomaterials filed. His primary objective is to translate primary nanotechnology research results into improved patient care. Vimala Kanikireddy Rotimi Sadiku Tshwane University of Technology, Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, South Africa. Prof. Rotimi Sadiku attained his BSc. [Hons] in 1980 and PhD in 1986 from the University of Strathclyde, UK, where he specialized in Polymer Physics. Following his graduation, he took up a position as a lecturer, at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria until September 1989, when he took-up a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship position at the University of Genova/CNR, in Italy (1989-1990). He returned to Nigeria and joined the Federal University of Technology, Minna, as a senior lecturer, in January 1991. In 1997, he spent a year as a Research Fellow at the KTH Institute of Technology, in Stockholm, Sweden. He also had a 3-month research exposure at the Faculty of Physics, at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He then returned to the Federal University of Technology, in Minna. In July 1999, he went to the Stellenbosch University as a Research Fellow, where he spent 2 years, following which, he returned to the Federal University of Technology, in Minna as a senior lecturer in June 2001. After another year at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, he took up a position as a Principal Scientist with Sasol, in Sasolburg, RSA. He spent 1.5 years with Sasol and then took up his current position, as a Research Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), in Pretoria in Jan. 2004. He is the author/co-author of more than 300 journal articles and conference proceedings and has written more than 80 book chapters. He is also the co-innovator of 9 patented inventions.