Topical manuka honey for MRSA-contaminated skin ulcers

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 557-

  Chambers, John ^a  

^a Katharine House Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BUTTOCK; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; HONEY; HOSPICE PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LETTER; MALE; MANUKA HONEY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN ULCER; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULCER HEALING; WHEELCHAIR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATAL OUTCOME; HONEY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPERMUM; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33746883587     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1160xx     Document Type: Letter

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