Bacterial colonization and healing of venous leg ulcers

APMIS

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 895-899

  Madsen, Søren Munk ^a   Westh, Henrik ^b   Danielsen, Lis ^b   Rosdahl, Vibeke Thamdrup ^c  

^a Coloplast A/S ^*  (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bacteria; healing; leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULCER HEALING; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0030512824     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb04955.x     Document Type: Article

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