Silver dressings

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 666-669

  Mooney, Eric K ^a,b   Lippitt, Craig ^a   Friedman, Jeff ^a  

^a Bassett Healthcare ^*

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER; ACTICOAT; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SILVERLON;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION; BANDAGE; DRUG EFFECT; INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; SILVER; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644870043     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000200786.14017.3a     Document Type: Article

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