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ArticleInflammopharmacology2014

Efficacy of some colloidal silver preparations and silver salts against Proteus bacteria, one possible cause of rheumatoid arthritis.

D M B T Disaanayake, Joan Faoagali, Hans Laroo, Gerald Hancock, Michael Whitehouse

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Article in Inflammopharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

D M B T DisaanayakePathology Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia.
Joan Faoagali
Hans Laroo
Gerald Hancock
Michael Whitehouse
Griffith University · AUPrincess Alexandra Hospital · AUUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been increased interest in the role of anti-Proteus antibodies in the aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether chemotherapeutic agents active against Proteus species might reduce the risk and/or exacerbations of RA. We examined the in vitro antibacterial effects of ten different silver preparations which were either ionic silver [Ag(I)] solutions or nanoparticulate silver (NPS) (Ag(0)) suspensions against ATCC and two wild (clinical) strains of Proteus. The data establish the low minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of all the silver formulations tested against these four Proteus strains. In a pilot study, a potent NPS preparation ex vivo showed long-lasting anti-Proteus activity in a normal human volunteer.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidColloidsHumansMetal NanoparticlesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPharmaceutical SolutionsPilot ProjectsProteusSaltsSilverSuspensionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsColloidsPharmaceutical SolutionsSaltsSilverSuspensions

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PMID24390313
OpenAlexW2093734165

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