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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2015

Silver oxynitrate, an unexplored silver compound with antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity.

Joe A Lemire, Lindsay Kalan, Alexandru Bradu, Raymond J Turner

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joe A LemireThe Biofilm Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Lindsay KalanExciton Technologies Inc., Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Alexandru BraduThe Biofilm Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Raymond J TurnerThe Biofilm Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada turnerr@ucalgary.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Historically it has been accepted, and recent research has established, that silver (Ag) is an efficacious antimicrobial agent. A dwindling pipeline of new antibiotics, combined with an increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant infections, is bringing Ag to the fore as a therapeutic compound to treat infectious diseases. Currently, many formulations of Ag are being deployed for commercial and medical purposes, with various degrees of effectiveness at killing microbial cells. Here, we evaluated the antimicrobial and antibiofilm capacity of our lead compound, silver oxynitrate [Ag(Ag3O4)2NO3 or Ag7NO11], against other metal compounds with documented antimicrobial activity, including Ag2SO4, AgNO3, silver sulfadiazine (AgSD), AgO, Ag2O, and CuSO4. Our findings reveal that Ag7NO11 eradicates biofilm and planktonic populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (FQRP), and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at lower concentrations than those of the other tested metal salts. Altogether, our results demonstrate that Ag7NO11 has an enhanced efficacy for the treatment of biofilm-forming pathogens.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsBiofilmsDrug Resistance, BacterialFungiMetalsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNitratesSilver CompoundsAnti-Bacterial AgentsMetalsNitratesSilver Compounds

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PMID25918137
PMCPMC4468715

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