Bacterial resistance to silver-based antibiotics.
Alan Lansdown and Angela Williams discuss the potential problem of silver resistance in wound care and suggest that on the basis of present knowledge, true bacterial resistance to silver is rare.
Lansdown
Alan
A
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London.
Williams
Angela
A
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018441:Biofilms; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D012834:Silver / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D012834:Silver