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BACTERIA TESTING
Microbiology
Department
Brigham Young University
775 WIDB
P.O. Box 25253
Provo, Utah 84602-5253
May 13, 1999
..Antibacterial Product Testing Results Summary
The following results suggest that .. Silver solution
is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent–it is able to effectively stop the
growth of, and in fact kill, a variety of bacteria.
.. Silver Supplement has been tested against the
following organisms.
Staphylococcus aureus
(Pneumonia, eye infections, skin infections (boils, impetigo, cellulitis, and
post-operative wound infections), toxic shock syndrome, meningitis, food
poisoning, osteomyelitis, and many others) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5
ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Shigella boydii
(Bacillary dysentery–characterized by severe cramping abdominal pain and bloody
diarrhea) inhibited @ 1.25 ppm and killed @ 2.5 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Salmonella arizona
(Food poisoning, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 1/28/99 BYU
Report.
Salmonella typhimurium
(Food poisoning and enteric fever) inhibited and killed at a concentration of
2.5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
E. coli (Food
poisoning, urinary tract infections, traveler’s diarrhea, diarrhea in infants,
respiratory tract infections, and wound infections) inhibited and killed @ 2.5
ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Haemophilus influenzae
(Otitis media (ear infection), pneumonia, meningitis, throat and sinus
infections (including epiglottitis in children and sinusitis), and suppurative
arthritis in children) inhibited and killed @ 1.25 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Enterobacter aerogenes
( wound infections, urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and meningitis)
inhibited and killed at a concentration of 2.5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
Enterobacter cloacae
( causes ilnesses similar to the E. aerogenes) inhibited and killed at a
concentration of 5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
Klebsiella pneumoniae
(lower respiratory tract infections, nosocomial infections (infections spread in
hospitals), urinary tract and wound infections, and bacteremia) inhibited and
killed @ 2.5 ppm. 1/28/99 BYU Report.
Klebsiella oxytoca,
(Similar to those infections caused by K. pneumoniae) inhibited and killed at a
concentration of 2.5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(severe burn and wound infections, keratitis, pneumonia, meningitis, nosocomial
infections, urinary tract infections, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5
ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Streptococcus pneumoniae
(pneumonia, meningitis, sinusitis, otitis media
(ear infection) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 4/21/99 BYU Report.
Streptococcus pyogenes
(skin infections, upper respiratory infections (i.e. strep throat) impetigo,
hospital-acquired infections, scarlet fever, etc.) inhibited and killed @ 1.25
ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Streptococcus faecalis
(Urinary tract infections, endocarditis, wound
infections, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
Streptococcus mutans
(A major cause dental plaque and tooth decay etc.) inhibited and killed @ 5 ppm.
2/3/99 BYU Report.
Streptococcus gordonii
(Tooth decay, also implicated in infective endocarditis-an infection of the
heart valves) inhibited and killed @ 5 ppm. BYU Report 2/12/99.
David A. Revelli
Microbiologist
Brigham Young University
Dr. Ron W. Leavitt, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology/Molecular Biology
Brigham Young University
We will be posting the test results shortly for
Candida Albicans and hundreds of other bacteria and fungi.
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