Silver-coated endotracheal tubes: is the bactericidal effect time limited?

Crit Care Med. 2007 Mar;35(3):986; author reply 987. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000257477.44926.90.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biofilms / drug effects*
  • Biofilms / growth & development
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible*
  • Colony Count, Microbial
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / prevention & control
  • Silver / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Silver