Do topical antibiotics improve wound healing?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-144

  Diehr, Sabina ^a   Hamp, Andrew ^a   Jamieson, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 QUINOLINOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; BREVOXYL; CEFALEXIN; DESQUAM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; NEOSPORIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PLACEBO; POLYMYXIN B; POVIDONE IODINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TRIAZ; TRIMO SAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZODERM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INJURY; MALE; OINTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OINTMENTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33847238742     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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