An investigation of Cutimed® Sorbact® as an antimicrobial alternative in wound management

Wounds UK

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 10-18

  Kammerlander, G ^a,b   Locher, E ^c   Suess Burghart, A ^d   Von Hallern, B ^e   Wipplinger, P ^b  

^a Academy for Certified Wound Management   (Switzerland)

^b Wound Competence Centre   (Austria)

^c Management at Outpatient Wound Clinic   (Switzerland)

^d Staedtisches Klinikum Muenchen GmbH   (Germany)

^e Emergency Admission Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial dressings; Bacterial binding; Chronic wounds; Hydrophobic interaction; Wound bed preparation; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHRONIC WOUND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PAIN; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND PAIN;

EID: 48249099235     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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