Disclosed herein are antimicrobial elastic support bandages including a plurality of warp threads extending along at least a portion of the length thereof and including non-antimicrobial warp regions and antimicrobial warp regions arranged in an alternating fashion across the width thereof, wherein (a) a non-antimicrobial warp region comprises an elastic material that is stretchable in the direction of the length, (b) an antimicrobial warp region comprises (i) a flexible fiber coupled to an antimicrobial metal, and (ii) an elastic material that is stretchable in the direction of the length, wherein the flexible fiber is coupled to the elastic material, and (c) at least a portion of the warp threads are separated by about 3 microns to about 20 microns and further including a plurality of weft threads extending across at least a portion of the width and comprising a biocompatible material, wherein at least some of the weft threads are separated by about 3 microns to about 20 microns, wherein at least a portion of the warp threads are interwoven with at least a portion of the weft threads.
