Smart dressings for the prevention of infection in pediatric burns patients

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1063-1065

  Jenkins, A Toby A ^b   Young, Amber ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

burn; children; dressing; infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTITOXIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SILVER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; BURN INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; EDITORIAL; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SCALD; SCAR FORMATION; SEPSIS; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; THERMAL INJURY; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BANDAGES; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; HUMANS; INFANT; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77958160228     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.98     Document Type: Editorial

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