A comparison of the prophylactic uses of topical mupirocin and nitrofurazone in murine crush contaminated wounds

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-143

  Erdur, Bulent ^a   Ersoy, Gurkan ^b   Yilmaz, Osman ^b   Ozkutuk, Aydan ^b   Sis, Banu ^b   Karcioglu, Ozgur ^b   Parlak, Ismet ^c   Ayrik, Cuneyt ^b   Aksay, Ersin ^b   Guryay, Melek ^c  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROFURAL; PETROLATUM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; MALE; MUPIROCIN; NITROFURAZONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38949216325     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.03.030     Document Type: Article

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