Ultraviolet C light for Acinetobacter baumannii wound infections in mice: Potential use for battlefield wound decontamination?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 661-667

  Dai, Tianhong ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^c   Vrahas, Mark S ^a   Baer, David G ^d   Tegos, George P ^a,b,e   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; burn; combat related infection; Skin abrasion; ultraviolet C

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; MAMMAL CELL; MIDDLE EAST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SOLDIER; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; WAR; WOUND INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BURNS; CELLS, CULTURED; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY; WAR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84865998106     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31825c149c     Document Type: Article

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