Comparison of the efficacies of silver-containing dressing materials for treating a full-thickness rodent wound infected by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Lee, Jong Hoon ^a   Chae, Jeong Don ^a   Kim, Dong Gu ^a   Hong, Sung Hee ^a   Lee, Won Mi ^a   Ki, Moran ^b  

^a Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Infection; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Silver dressing; Skin defect

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POVIDONE IODINE; SILVER; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BANDAGES; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE SODIUM; FEMALE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POVIDONE-IODINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILVER; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77954839650     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2010.30.1.20     Document Type: Article

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