Antibacterial honey (Medihoney™): An antiseptic option for wound care in paediatric oncology?;Antibakterieller honig (Medihoney™) zur wundpflege - Wundantisepsis bei pädiatrischen patienten in der hämatologie-onkologie?

Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsverhutung

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 183-187

  Sofka, Kai ^b   Wiszniewsky, Gertrud ^b   Blaser, Gisela ^b   Bode, Udo ^b   Simon, Arne ^a  

^a Abt fur Padiat Hamatol und Onkol   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Honey; Medihoney; Paediatric oncology; Wound care

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MEDIHONEY; POVIDONE IODINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BURN INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EWING SARCOMA; GANGRENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOPHILIA; HONEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ONCOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEPSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 7644241309     PISSN: 07203373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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