Chitosan preparations for wounds and burns: Antimicrobial and wound-healing effects

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 857-879

  Dai, Tianhong ^a,b   Tanaka, Masamitsu ^a,c   Huang, Ying Ying ^a,b,d   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; chitin; chitosan; drug delivery; wound dressing; wound healing; wound infection

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLPYRROLIDINONE CHITOSAN; ADHESIVE AGENT; ALGINIC ACID; AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARGININE; BENZYDAMINE; BIOMATERIAL; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; CHITOSAN OLIGOMER; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GROWTH FACTOR; HYALURONIC ACID; MACROGOL; METRONIDAZOLE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N CARBOXYBUTYL OLIGOMER; NANOPARTICLE; OLIGOMER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYPHENOL; RECOMBINANT THROMBOPLASTIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; TEICHOIC ACID; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BURN INFECTION; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CORNEA INJURY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIZATION; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INFECTION; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; BURNS; CHITOSAN; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOGS; DRUG CARRIERS; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; RABBITS; RATS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 79961182508     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.11.59     Document Type: Review

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