The increasing use of silver-based products as antimicrobial agents: A useful development or a cause for concern? - Author's response [4]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 447-448

  Chopra, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Silver; Susceptibility; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATION; HEAVY METAL; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; LETTER; MAMMAL CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 34547849634     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm224     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Chopra I. The increasing use of silver-based products as antimicrobial agents: A useful development or a cause for concern? J Antimicrob Chemother 2007; 59: 587-90.
2. Bayston R, Mills A, Howdle SM et al. Comment on: The increasing use of silver-based products as antimicrobial agents: A useful development or a cause for concern? J Antimicrob Chemother 2007, doi:10.1093/jac/dkm203.
3. Mills A.J, Ashraf W, Bayston R et al. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of silver-impregnated ventricular catheters. J Hosp Infect 2006; 64: S63-4.