Table 1.
Type of Antimicrobial Gels | Applications | References | |
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Loaded hydrogels antimicrobials | Silver NPs | Wound dressings and surface coatings | [19,20,21] |
Gold NPs | Wound dressings | [22,23] | |
Antibiotics | Wound dressings and implant coatings | [24,25,26] | |
Antimicrobial agents | Wound dressings and surface coatings | [27,28,29] | |
Inherently active hydrogels based on | Peptides | Wound dressings and surface coatings | [30,31,32,33] |
Chitosan | Wound dressings, surgical use and surface coatings | [34,35,36,37,38] | |
Synthetic polymers | Surface coatings | [39,40,41] |