thanks for the info. however it doesn't state which antibiotics were used in 
the study. i read on another site that certain antibiotics such as 
tetracyline,quinolone and also penicillamine had their effectiveness reduced 
because of cs. now its possible this is biased reporting but if it isnt then 
there are specific antibiotics that are affected  by cs. and i would like to 
know if doxycyline and amoxicillin are two of them.  thanks again
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Norton, Steve 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 5:06 PM
  Subject: RE:CS>cs and antibiotics


  A 2007  study on the interaction of colloidal silver and antibiotics shows no 
problems with using colloidal silver and antibiotics.

   

  - Steve N

   

   

  
http://www.academicjournals.org/sre/abstracts/abstracts/abstracts2007/Aug/Iroha%20et%20al.htm

   

  Antibacterial efficacy of colloidal silver alone and in combination with 
other antibiotics on isolates from wound Infections

   

  "A total of ten clinical bacterial isolates comprising five isolates of 
Escherichia coli isolated from surgical wound patients at the Federal Medical 
Centre, Abakaliki and five isolates of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from the 
wound sites of burnt patients at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, 
Enugu were evaluated for their susceptibility to colloidal silver at 5 and 20 
ppm using agar dilution method and the killing rate technique. Also, 
interaction studies between colloidal silver and some conventional antibiotics 
were carried out against the clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and S. 
aureus using disc diffusion technique. The result of the study shows that the 
test organisms were sensitive to the colloidal silver at both concentrations 
and also to some of the antibiotics in the paper disc. The killing rate studies 
revealed that the colloidal silver is highly bactericidal against the test 
isolates at both concentrations. The drug interaction study showed no 
antagonism, indicating that concomitant use of colloidal silver with these 
antibiotics may not affect the therapeutic efficacy of either of these agents."

   

   

  From: james [mailto:[email protected]] 
  Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:02 PM
  To: [email protected]
  Subject: EXTERNAL:CS>cs and antibiotics

   

  hi,does anyone know if cs will bind to and reduce the effect of doxycycline 
and amoxicillin. thanks