PH in the bacteria-contaminated wound and its impact on clostridium histolyticum collagenase activity: Implications for the use of collagenase wound debridement agents

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 514-521

  Shi, Lei ^a   Ramsay, Sarah ^a   Ermis, Ryan ^a   Carson, Dennis ^a  

^a Healthpoint Biotherapeutics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIOPEPTIDASE A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUTURING METHOD; SWINE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINEAR MODELS; MICROBIAL COLLAGENASE; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CARE; SUS SCROFA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84860414513     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e31822ad034     Document Type: Article

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