Microbicidal Activity of a New Silver-Containing Polymer, SPI-ARGENT II |
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| Authors: | Gü nter Kampf, Beate Dietze, Christian Groß e-Siestrup, Constanze Wendt, Heike Martiny |
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| Affiliation: | Günter Kampf, Beate Dietze, Christian Große-Siestrup, Constanze Wendt, and Heike Martiny |
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| Abstract: | The survival of three bacterial species and Candida albicans was studied on SPI-ARGENT II. The immediate recovery from silver-impregnated polymer and control polymer (1 cm2) was ~106 to 107 microorganisms. After incubation (37°C) and neutralization of silver with horse serum (5%), surviving organisms were recovered. The survival of the microorganisms on the polymer was not found to be influenced by the silver implantation. |
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