Effect of silver-carrying photocatalyst "Hikari-Gintech" on mycobacterial growth in vitro

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 489-495

  Matsui, Yoshifumi ^a   Otomo, Koji ^b   Ishida, Shinichiro ^a   Yanagihara, Kazuo ^a   Kawanobe, Yasutaka ^a   Kida, Shoji ^c   Taruoka, Eiichi ^c   Sugawara, Isamu ^b  

^a DAIDO STEEL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^c Sanko Oil Industries Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimycobacterial action; Hikari Gintech powder; Multi drug resistance; Silver carrying photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SILVER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 3242766212     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03541.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Abe, S., Takizawa, H., Sugawara, I., and Kudoh, S. 2000. Diesel exhaust (DE)-induced cytokine expressions in human bronchial epithelial cells. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 22: 296-303.
2. Broadley, S.J., Furr, J.R., Jenkins, P.A., and Russell, A.D. 1993. Antimycobacterial activity of "Virkon". J. Hosp. Infect. 23: 189-197.
3. Douglas-Jones, A.G., Duddridge, L.R., and Jenkins, P.A. 1990. Killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tissues by microwaves with simultaneous tissue fixation. Tubercle 71: 7-13.
4. Fraud, S., Maillard, J.Y., and Russell, A.D. 2001. Comparison of the mycobactericidal activity of ortho-phthalaldehyde, glutaraldehyde and other dialdehydes by a quantitative suspension test. J. Hosp. Infect. 48: 214-221.
5. Fujishima, A., and Honda, K. 1972. Electrochemical photolysis of water at a semiconductor electrode. Nature 238: 37-38.
6. Hanson, P.J., Chadwick, M.V., Gaya, H., and Collins, J.V. 1992. A study of glutaraldehyde disinfection of fibreoptic bronchoscopes experimentally contaminated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Hosp. Infect. 22: 137-142.
7. Ireland, P., Rice, E.W., and Clark, R.M. 1993. Inactivation of Escherichia coli by titanium dioxide photocatalytic oxidation. A.E.M. 59: 1668-1670.
8. Kourai, H., Manbe, Y., and Yamada, Y. 1994. Mode of bactericidal action of zirconium phosphate ceramics containing silver ions in the crystal structure. J. Antibact. Antifung. Agents 22: 595-601.
9. Kyi, M.S., Holton, J., and Ridgway, G.L. 1995. Assessment of the efficacy of a low temperature hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilization system. J. Hosp. Infect. 31: 275-284.
10. Middleton, A.M., Chadwick, M.V., and Gaya, H. 1997. Disinfection of bronchoscopes, contaminated in vitro with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare and Mycobacterium chelonae in sputum, using stabilized, buffered peracetic acid solution (7Nu-Cidex). J. Hosp. Infect. 37: 137-143.
11. Nardell, E.A. 1995. Interrupting transmission from patients with unsuspected tuberculosis: a unique role for upper-room ultraviolet air disinfection. Am. J. Infect. Control 23: 156-164.
12. Russel, A.D., and Hugo, W.B. 1994. Antimicrobial activity and action of silver. Prog. Med. Chem. 31: 351-370.
13. Sugawara, I., Udagawa, T., Hua, S.C., Reza-Gholizadeh, M., Otomo, K., Saito, Y., and Yamada, H. 2002. Pulmonary granulomas of guinea pigs induced by inhalation exposure of heat-treated BCG Pasteur, purified trehalose dimycolate and methyl ketomycolate. J. Med. Microbiol. 51: 131-137.
14. Sugawara, I., Yamada, H., Kazumi, Y., Doi, N., Otomo, K., Aoki, T., Mizuno, S., Tagawa, Y., and Iwakura, Y. 1998. Induction of granulomas in interferon-γ gene-disrupted mice by avirulent but not by virulent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Med. Microbiol. 47: 871-877.
15. 2 on Streptococci mutants. J. Photochem. Photobiol. 14: 369-379.
16. Thurman, R.B., and Gerba, C.P. 1989. The molecular mechanism of copper and silver ion disinfection of bacteria and viruses. CRC Critical Reviews in Environmental Control 18: 295-315.
17. Wilson, K. 1990. Preparation of genomic DNA from bacteria, p. 2.4.1-2.4.2. In Ausubel, F.M., Brent, R., Kinston, R.E., et al. (eds), Current protocols in molecular biology, Vol. 1, Wiley Interscience, New York.