Staphylococcus aureus is associated with high microbial load in chronic wounds

Wounds

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 251-257

  Gardner, Sue E ^a   Frantz, Rita A ^a   Saltzman, Charles L ^b   Dodgson, Kirsty J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 4444303124     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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