A prospective, non comparative, multicenter study to investigate the effect of cadexomer iodine on bioburden load and other wound characteristics in diabetic foot ulcers

International Wound Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-199

  Schwartz, Jamie A ^a   Lantis, John C ^a   Gendics, Cynthia ^a   Fuller, Amy M ^a   Payne, Wyatt ^b   Ochs, Diane ^b  

^a St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioburden; Cadexomer iodine; Diabetic foot ulcers

Indexed keywords

CADEXOMER IODINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULCER HEALING; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND DRESSING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODOPHORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84875532294     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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