Biofilms and bacterial imbalances in chronic wounds: Anti-Koch

International Wound Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Percival, Steven L ^a,b   Thomas, John G ^b   Williams, David W ^c  

^a Advanced Medical Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial community; Biofilms; Chronic wounds

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHRONIC WOUND; DECUBITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; KLEBSIELLA; LEG ULCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DEGRADATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CARE; WOUND HEALING;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SKIN CARE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77952733324     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00668.x     Document Type: Review

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