Correlation of semi-quantitative swab cultures to quantitative swab cultures from chronic wounds

Wounds

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 329-333

  Ratliff, Catherine R ^a,b   Rodeheaver, George T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD CULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOUND;

EID: 0036873077     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Bendy RH, Nuccio PA, Wolfe E, et al. Relationship of quantitative wound bacterial counts to healing of decubiti: Effect of topical gentamycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1965;4:147-55.
2. Robson MC, Heggers JP. Bacterial quantification of open wounds. Mil Med 1969;134:19-24.
3. Bill TJ, Ratliff CR, Donovan AM, et al. Quantitative swab culture versus tissue biopsy: A comparison in chronic wounds. Ost/Wound Manag 2001;47(1):34-7.
4. Thomson P, Taddonio T, Tait M, et al. Correlation between swab and biopsy for quantification of burn wound microflora. Presented at Eighth International Congress on Burn Injuries. International Congress on Burn Injuries Program and Abstract Book 1990;8:381.
5. Herruzo-Cabrera R, Vizcaino-Alcaide MJ, Pinedo-Castillo C, Rey-Calero J. Diagnosis of local infection of a burn by semiquantitative culture of the eschar surface. J Burn Care Rehabil 1992;13:639-41.
6. Basak S, Dutta SK, Gupta S, et al. Bacteriology of wound infection: Evaluation by surface swab and quantitative full-thickness wound biopsy culture. J Indian Med Assoc 1992;90(2):33-4.
7. Rudensky B, Lipschits M, Issacsohn M, Sonnenblick M. Infected pressure sores: Comparison of methods for bacterial identification. South Med J 1992;85(9):901-3.
8. Rodeheaver GT, Gentry S, Saffer L, Edlich RF. Topical antimicrobial cream sensitivity testing. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1980;151:747-52.