Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 237-240 , September 2008

The antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus mutans to nanoparticles of silver, zinc oxide, and gold

  • Juan Francisco Hernández-Sierra, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Epidemiología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Venustiano Carranza 2405, CP:78210 San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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  • Facundo Ruiz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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  • Diana Corina Cruz Pena, DM

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Stomatology and Dentistry, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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  • Fidel Martínez-Gutiérrez, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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  • Alberto Emilio Martínez, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Stomatology and Dentistry, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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  • Amaury de Jesús Pozos Guillén, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Stomatology and Dentistry, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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  • Humberto Tapia-Pérez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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  • Gabriel Martínez Castañón, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Received 28 July 2007 ,Accepted 13 April 2008.

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 The study was supported entirely by Universidad Autónoma de San Luís Potosí in the different collaborating areas. Nanoparticles were provided by the Faculty of Sciences and material for microbiological tests by Faculty of Stomatology and Chemical Sciences. Neither commercial association current or within the past five years nor any conflict of interest exists.

PII: S1549-9634(08)00047-6

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2008.04.005

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 237-240 , September 2008

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