A pilot evaluation of tea tree oil in the management of chronic venous leg ulcers

Phlebology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-137

  Chaudhuri, A ^a,b   Cogswell, L ^a   Quick, C R G ^a  

^a HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic venous leg ulcers; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

TEA TREE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN SENSATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; ULCER HEALING;

EID: 26444511996     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0268355054985802     Document Type: Article

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