Simple, effective and affordable approach for the treatment of burns infections

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1242-1247

  Nagoba, Basavraj S ^a   Gandhi, Rajan C ^a   Hartalkar, Amol R ^a   Wadher, Bharat J ^b   Selkar, Sohan P ^a  

^a YCR Hospital   (India)

^b RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Burns infection; Citric acid treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITRIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PEFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; CITRIC ACID; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 78049305137     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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