Bacterial load in relation to vacuum-assisted closure wound therapy: A prospective randomized trial

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Mouës, Chantal M ^a   Vos, Margreet C ^a   Van Den Bemd, Gert Jan C M ^a   Stijnen, Theo ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1342324204     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2004.12105.x     Document Type: Article

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