How I treat... The critical bacterial colonization of a leg ulcer. The Yin and the Yang features of silver-based dressings;Comment je traite.... La colonisation bactérienne critique d'un ulcère de jambe le Yin et le Yang des pansements argentiques

Revue Medicale de Liege

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 403-406

  Pierard Franchimont C ^b   Quatresooz, P ^b   Paquet, P ^b   Henry, F ^b   Pierard G E ^a  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Healing; Silver; Ulcer; Wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; ENDOTOXIN; EXOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HYALURONIDASE; LEUKOCIDIN; METICILLIN; PLASMIN; POVIDONE IODINE; SILVER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; NONHUMAN; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 3142718229     PISSN: 00353663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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