The use of topical, un-buffered sodium hypochlorite in the management of burn wound infection

Burns

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 529-533

  Coetzee, E ^a   Whitelaw, A ^a   Kahn, D ^a   Rode, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Burns; Infection; Sodium hypochlorite; Topical

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; ELECTROLYTE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN INFECTION; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHELF LIFE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BURNS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISINFECTANTS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84859806916     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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