The effect of a silver-containing Hydrofiber® dressing on superficial wound bed and bacterial balance of chronic wounds

International Wound Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-335

  Coutts, Pat ^a   Sibbald, R Gary ^b,c  

^a Toronto Wound Healing Clinics   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorptive dressings; Bacterial burden; Critical colonisation; Hydrofiber Ag; Infection; Wounds

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHY; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN EXFOLIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS STASIS; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 31144452804     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2005.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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