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How can bacteriostatic silver products lead to resistance?

April 26, 2017bacteriostatic lead products resistance Silver

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How can bacteriostatic silver products lead to resistance?

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There has not been a documented case regarding resistance to silver in either form (bacteriostatic or bactericidal agent). Regarding other non-silver antimicrobial agents, if you don’t kill the bugs, you give them a chance to mutate and potentially develop resistance as they have an opportunity to respond to the challenge by mutating to resistant forms. One of the key benefits of Acticoat is that the quick kill or bactericidal effect is so fast and immediate (within 30 minutes of dressing application), that building any type of resistance is virtually impossible.