Comments from Website author: In the type of use described below, remember that silver (as a salt here, not a colloid) has a short-term application, not a continued ingestion of many months.
Comments from Physicians at this article's end: None

Silver sulfadiazine: an antibacterial agent for topical use in burns. A review of the literature.

Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg 18: 119-26 (1984)[84250044]

Abstract:

Topical antibacterial treatment is of major importance in the burn patient. Silver sulfadiazine is an effective agent with low toxicity and few side effects. Deposition of silver in tissues, and absorption of sulfadiazine are both minimal. Present and future problems are represented by the emergence of resistant Gram negative bacilli, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The development of related metal sulfadiazines to be used against resistant bacteria is on an investigational stage, and clinical trials are few. Silver sulfadiazine may be used in a variety of other conditions than burns.

S. Hoffmann