TABLE II. Growth inhibition halos (mm) of Candida spp and Cryptococcus spp after 48 h of incubation in contact with a paper disc impregnated with silver nanoparticle colloidal solutions produced from different concentrations of silver nitrate (AgNO 3) with different reaction times.
Reaction time (days) | AgNO 3 concentration (mM) | Candida albicans ATCC 10231 | C. albicans ATCC 24433 | Candida parapsilosis ATCC22019 | Candida tropicalis ATCC 13803 | Candida krusei ATCC 6258 | Candida glabrata ATCC 2001 | Cryptococcus neoformans ATCC 28957 | Cryptococcus gattii ATCC 56990 |
5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1.0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
1.5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
2.0 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
10 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1.0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
1.5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
2.0 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
15 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
1.5 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
2.0 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
30 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
1.5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
2.0 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
60 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
1.5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | |
2.0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 8 |