Feature: Prevalence of silver resistance in bacteria isolated from diabetic foot ulcers and efficacy of silver-containing wound dressings

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 30-40

  Percival, Steven L ^a   Woods, Emma ^b   Nutekpor, Moses ^b   Bowler, Phil ^b   Radford, Alan ^b   Cochrane, Christine ^b  

^a Deeside Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER DERIVATIVE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIABETIC FOOT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN CARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND INFECTION;

BANDAGES; DIABETIC FOOT; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 41849137297     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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