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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Biological Engineering |
Online Access: | http://www.jbioleng.org/content/3/1/20 |