The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation
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J Burn Care Rehabil · Jan 2005
Therapeutic efficacy of three silver dressings in an infected animal model.
The organic salt AgNO3 has been available as a topical armamentarium to the medical arena for centuries and for burns for the past 60 years. Thirty-five (1968) years later, Charles Fox introduced and popularized a new topical agent known as silver sulfadiazine. More recently, several new slow-release silver dressings came to the forefront. ⋯ Although counts for Silvasorb (M) appear significantly lower than the controls for S. aureus, the numbers were not sufficient to be significant. However, Silverlon did achieve a slight significance. These preliminary data suggest that weekly dressing changes with these new silver dressings are feasible and economically and medically congruous.