J Wound Care. 2004 Apr;13(4):154-5.

Colloidal silver as an antimicrobial agent: fact or fiction?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstra
ct&list_uids=15114827

van Hasselt P, Gashe BA, Ahmad J.

Ear Clinic, Bamalete Lutheran Hospital, Ramotswa, Botswana.
pvhasselt@planet.nl

"OBJECTIVE: Colloidal silver preparations are marketed on the internet
as omnipotent antimicrobial agents, but scientific support for these
claims is lacking. This study reports the results of in vitro tests of
colloidal silver's antimicrobial activity against several pathogenic or
non-pathogenic microorganisms. METHOD: Three samples of colloidal
silver were tested: one available commercially on the internet (silver
concentration of 22 ppm) and two samples (concentrations of 403 and 413
ppm) which were prepared in our laboratory using standard chemical
methods. RESULTS: In an agar-well diffusion assay none of the three
colloidal silver solutions had any effect on the growth of the test
organisms. All tested bacterial strains were sensitive to
ciprofloxacin. Colloidal silver 22 ppm showed no bactericidal activity
in phenol coefficient tests. CONCLUSION: As the tested colloidal silver
solutions did not show any antimicrobial effect in vitro on the
microorganisms, claims of colloidal silver's antimicrobial potency are
misleading and there is no place for it as an antiseptic."

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Will you morons STOP posting your crap about Colloidal Silver on the
Internet?  You obviously don't use it yourself.  And, you obviously
don't know what you are talking about.
--
john gohde
http://naturalhealthperspective.com