Topical silver treatment after escharectomy of infected full thickness burn wounds in rats

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1040-1046

  Chu, Chi Sing ^a   McManus, Albert T ^a   Mason, Arthur D ^a   Pruitt Jr , Basil A ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NYLON; SILVER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BURN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIRECT CURRENT; ESCHARECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; INOCULATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SCALD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND DRESSING;

ABSCESS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BURNS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 20144380596     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000162993.91698.FA     Document Type: Article

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