Is nitrofurazone a potent sensitizer in surgical patients? [10]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 823-824

  Yilmaz, Sarper ^a   Saydam, Mutlu ^a   Seven, Ergin ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NITROFURAL;

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; BURN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTACT ALLERGY; COST; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; ECZEMA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LACERATION; LETTER; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PRURITUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIZATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; ULCER; URTICARIA; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURAZONE;

EID: 11844283368     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000136537.90758.58     Document Type: Letter

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