At 11:02 PM 11/01/2000 GMT, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I just did a web search on BYU silver and here's some of what showed
>up.
>
> **
>At: http://www.amsilver.com/bacteria.htm
>
>BACTERIA TESTING
>
>Microbiology Department
>Brigham Young University
>775 WIDB
>P.O. Box 25253
>Provo, Utah 84602-5253
>
> May 13, 1999
>
>American Silvers Antibacterial Product (ASAP Solution)Testing Results
>Summary
>
>The following results suggest that American Silvers ASAP solution is
>a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent -- it is able to effectively stop
>the growth of, and in fact kill, a variety of bacteria.
>
>American Silvers ASAP Silver Supplement has been tested against the
>following organisms.
>
>Staphylococcus aureus (Pneumonia, eye infections, skin infections
>(boils, impetigo, cellulitis, and post-operative wound infections),
>toxic shock syndrome, meningitis, food poisoning, osteomyelitis, and
>many others) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU
>Report.
>
>Shigella boydii (Bacillary dysenterycharacterized by severe cramping
>abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea) inhibited @ 1.25 ppm and killed @
>2.5 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
>
>Salmonella arizona (Food poisoning, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and
>killed @ 5 ppm. 1/28/99 BYU Report.
>
>Salmonella typhimurium (Food poisoning and enteric fever) inhibited
>and killed at a concentration of 2.5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
>
>E. coli (Food poisoning, urinary tract infections, travelers
>diarrhea, diarrhea in infants, respiratory tract infections, and wound
>infections) inhibited and killed @ 2.5 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
>
>Haemophilus influenzae (Otitis media (ear infection), pneumonia,
>meningitis, throat and sinus infections (including epiglottitis in
>children and sinusitis), and suppurative arthritis in children)
>inhibited and killed @ 1.25 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
>
>Enterobacter aerogenes ( wound infections, urinary tract infections,
>bacteremia, and meningitis) inhibited and killed at a concentration of
>2.5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
>
>Enterobacter cloacae ( causes ilnesses similar to the E. aerogenes)
>inhibited and killed at a concentration of 5 ppm. 6/7/99 BYU Report.
>
>Klebsiella pneumoniae (lower respiratory tract infections, nosocomial
>infections (infections spread in hospitals), urinary tract and wound
>infections, and bacteremia) inhibited and killed @ 2.5 ppm. 1/28/99
>BYU Report.
>
>Klebsiella oxytoca, (Similar to those infections caused by K.
>pneumoniae) inhibited and killed at a concentration of 2.5 ppm. 6/7/99
>BYU Report.
>
>Pseudomonas aeruginosa (severe burn and wound infections, keratitis,
>pneumonia, meningitis, nosocomial infections, urinary tract
>infections, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 1/22/99
>BYU Report.
>
>Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumonia, meningitis, sinusitis, otitis
>media (ear infection) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 4/21/99
>BYU Report.
>
>Streptococcus pyogenes (skin infections, upper respiratory infections
>(i.e. strep throat) impetigo, hospital-acquired infections, scarlet
>fever, etc.) inhibited and killed @ 1.25 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU Report.
>
>Streptococcus faecalis (Urinary tract infections, endocarditis, wound
>infections, etc.) inhibited @ 2.5 ppm and killed @ 5 ppm. 1/22/99 BYU
>Report.
>
>Streptococcus mutans (A major cause dental plaque and tooth decay
>etc.) inhibited and killed @ 5 ppm. 2/3/99 BYU Report.
>
>Streptococcus gordonii (Tooth decay, also implicated in infective
>endocarditis - an infection of the heart valves) inhibited and killed
>@ 5 ppm. BYU Report 2/12/99.
>
>David A. Revelli
>Microbiologist
>Brigham Young University
>**
>And from another (commercial) site:
>http://www.allianceteam.com/radio/silver.html
>
> Antibiotic Comparison
>
> Microbiology Department
> Brigham Young University
>
>October 15, 1999
>
> From: David Revelli
> Brigham Young University
>
>The following page contains data from seven strains of potentially
>pathogenic bacteria. They are the same strains that have been tested
>in Minimum Inhibitory Concentration tests (MIC) against The Silver
>Solution. This data contains, along with the data on The Silver
>Solution, MIC's performed on each bacteria versus representative of
>five different classes of antibiotics. These tests were performed to
>ascertain the relative antimicrobial activity of The Silver Solution
>when compared to other antibiotics. As the data suggests, The Silver
>Solution has a greater ability on average to kill the bacteria tested
>than four of the five antibiotics to which it was compared. Each
>antibiotic has its own nice to fill, but not one of the antibiotics
>tested work equally well on every bacterial strain that it was tested
>against, The Silver Solution had similar results for each bacteria -
>it was able to kill each bacteria test
