Bacterial burden of worn therapeutic silver textiles for neurodermitis patients and evaluation of efficacy of washing

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-90

  Daeschlein, G ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^b   Arnold, A ^a   Haase, H ^a   Kramer, A ^a   Junger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Juzo Skin Protect Silver ; Neurodermitis; Silver textile, washing; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURODERMATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXTILE WASHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODERMATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILVER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049101240     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000265679     Document Type: Article

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