The clinical efficacy of two semi-quantitative wound-swabbing techniques in identifying the causative organism(s) in infected cutaneous wounds

International Wound Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-185

  Angel, Donna E ^a   Lloyd, Peter ^a   Carville, Keryln ^a   Santamaria, Nick ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Wound swab; Wound swabbing techniques

Indexed keywords

ACUTE WOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHRONIC WOUND; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; LEVINE TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SMEAR; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND SWAB; Z TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; ROC CURVE; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79952658671     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2010.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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