Antibacterial properties of EMLA® and lidocaine in wound tissue biopsies for culturing

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 581-585

  Berg, Jais O ^a   Mössner, Belinda K ^a   Skov, Marianne N ^a   Lauridsen, Jorgen ^b   Gottrup, Finn ^a   Kolmos, Hans J ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE CULTURE; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PRILOCAINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33749118689     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2006.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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