Testing the tube: assessing silver as a potential "silver bullet" for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia

Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr;38(4):1220-1. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181d1692a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Bacteria / metabolism
  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation*
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / prevention & control
  • Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control
  • Silver Compounds*
  • Silver Sulfadiazine

Substances

  • Silver Compounds
  • Silver Sulfadiazine