Successful treatment of chronic decubitus ulcer with 0.1% dirhamnolipid ointment

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 142-146

  Piljac, Ante ^a   Stipčević, Tamara ^a,b   Piljac Žegarac, Jasenka ^a   Piljac, Goran ^a  

^a TajCo Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSYL (1,2) ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSYL 3 HYDROXYDECANOYL 3 HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID; BACITRACIN; DIRHAMNOLIPID; MULTIVITAMIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUTTOCKS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; OINTMENTS; PRESSURE ULCER;

EID: 63049083512     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2008.07052     Document Type: Article

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