Multidrug-resistant organisms, wounds and topical antimicrobial protection

International Wound Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-396

  Bowler, Philip G ^a   Welsby, Sarah ^a   Towers, Victoria ^a   Booth, Rebecca ^a   Hogarth, Andrea ^a   Rowlands, Victoria ^a   Joseph, Alexis ^a   Jones, Samantha A ^a  

^a Deeside Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Infection; Multidrug resistant organisms; Silver dressing; Wound

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; BIOFILMS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84863874711     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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