Treatment of post-burns bacterial infections by Fenton reagent, particularly the ubiquitous multiple drug resistant Pseudomonas spp.

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-434

  Ahmad, S I ^a   Iranzo, O G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS SULFATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FENTON REACTION; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAFETY; SKIN INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0344304418     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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