I consider peer-reviewed archival journal articles on a topic to be conclusive evidence. It helps that this one is a literature survey.
Plastic Surgery International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 190436, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/190436
Review Article
Advances in Wound Healing: A Review of Current Wound Healing Products
Patrick S. Murphy and Gregory R. D. Evans
Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute, University of California Irvine Medical Center,
200 S. Manchester Avenue, Suite 650, Orange, CA 92868, USA
It has an entire section on the topical use of silver-based treatments in wound care.
If a single person is inspired by AmberMay to follow their veterinarian's instructions, as she did, and treat their cat with a product proven to beat even MRSA, she should pat herself on the back. I am not sure what catman513 is suggesting as an alternative - ignore your vet and listen to random posters on the Internet who choose to ignore decades of wound care research?
I will reiterate for anyone just joining the thread that the original poster's cat underwent two surgeries and had an antibiotic-resistant infection that was later treated, AS INSTRUCTED BY THEIR VET, AND UNDER THE VET'S SUPERVISION, with a silver-based product. She has somehow ended up being accused of promoting irresponsible pet health care, and that is beyond unfair.
TL;DR: Take your cat to the vet when he or she is sick or injured. The vet may prescribe a silver-based treatment for a wound, as AmberMay's did. Hopefully it will work, as it did for her.
Plastic Surgery International
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 190436, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/190436
Review Article
Advances in Wound Healing: A Review of Current Wound Healing Products
Patrick S. Murphy and Gregory R. D. Evans
Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery Institute, University of California Irvine Medical Center,
200 S. Manchester Avenue, Suite 650, Orange, CA 92868, USA
It has an entire section on the topical use of silver-based treatments in wound care.
If a single person is inspired by AmberMay to follow their veterinarian's instructions, as she did, and treat their cat with a product proven to beat even MRSA, she should pat herself on the back. I am not sure what catman513 is suggesting as an alternative - ignore your vet and listen to random posters on the Internet who choose to ignore decades of wound care research?
I will reiterate for anyone just joining the thread that the original poster's cat underwent two surgeries and had an antibiotic-resistant infection that was later treated, AS INSTRUCTED BY THEIR VET, AND UNDER THE VET'S SUPERVISION, with a silver-based product. She has somehow ended up being accused of promoting irresponsible pet health care, and that is beyond unfair.
TL;DR: Take your cat to the vet when he or she is sick or injured. The vet may prescribe a silver-based treatment for a wound, as AmberMay's did. Hopefully it will work, as it did for her.