Open AccessElectrically Generated Silver Ions: Quantitative Effects on Bacterial and Mammalian Cells
Author(s) -
Thomas Berger,
Joseph A. Spadaro,
S. E. Chapin,
Robert Becker
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.9.2.357
Subject(s) - silver sulfadiazine , sulfadiazine , ion , chemistry , minimum inhibitory concentration , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , biochemistry , biology , in vitro , antibiotics , wound healing , immunology , genetics , organic chemistry
The inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations of electrically generated silver ions were 10 to 100 times lower than for silver sulfadiazine. Effects on normal mammalian cells were minimal.
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