Biofilms: A practice-based approach to identification and treatment

Wounds UK

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 68-72

  Dowsett, Caroline ^a  

^a EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chronic wound; Debridement; Identification; Management pathway; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CADEXOMER IODINE; IODINE; LACTOFERRIN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); SILVER; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOPSY; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL PATHWAY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETIC FOOT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOAM DRESSING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HOLISTIC CARE; HONEY; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; LEG ULCER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; PAIN; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN BIOPSY; WELLBEING; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84888782533     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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