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. 2013 Nov 19;109(2):220–228. doi: 10.1590/0074-0276130269

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