Antimicrobial effect of silver-impregnated cellulose: potential for antimicrobial therapy

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Silver has long been known to have antimicrobial activity. To incorporate this property into multiple applications, a silver-impregnated cellulose (SIC) with low cytotoxicity to human cells was developed. SIC differs from other silve...

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Main Authors: Ostler Erik, Kwon Soonjo, Kim Juyoung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Biological Engineering
Online Access:http://www.jbioleng.org/content/3/1/20