Effects of burn wound excision on bacterial colonization and invasion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 744-750

  Barret, Juan P ^a,b,c   Herndon, David N ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BURNS; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037316708     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000041445.76730.23     Document Type: Article

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