Success rate of split-thickness skin grafting of chronic venous leg ulcers depends on the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A retrospective study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Høgsberg, Trine ^a   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^b,c   Thomsen, Jens Schiersing ^a   Kirketerp Møller, Klaus ^a,d  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^d HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; WOUND HEALING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79957809985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020492     Document Type: Article

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