Antibacterial activity and endotoxin-binding capacity of Actisorb Silver 220

G Müller; Y Winkler; A Kramer

doi:10.1053/jhin.2002.1369

Antibacterial activity and endotoxin-binding capacity of Actisorb Silver 220

J Hosp Infect. 2003 Mar;53(3):211-4. doi: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1369.

Authors

G Müller¹, Y Winkler, A Kramer

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.

PMID: 12623323
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1369

Abstract

Actisorb Silver 220 wound dressing demonstrated a high in vitro endotoxin-binding capacity combined with a marked bactericidal activity without releasing Pseudomonas aeruginosa endotoxins into the environment, and so may be beneficial in the treatment of infected wounds, particularly colonization by Gram-negative bacteria.

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents, Local / pharmacology
Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
Bandages / standards*
Charcoal
Endotoxins
Escherichia coli
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / therapy
Humans
Materials Testing
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Silver Sulfadiazine / pharmacology
Silver Sulfadiazine / therapeutic use*
Time Factors
Wound Infection / microbiology
Wound Infection / therapy*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Endotoxins
Charcoal
Silver Sulfadiazine