Antimicrobial efficacy of a novel silver hydrogel dressing compared to two common silver burn wound dressings: Acticoat™ and PolyMem Silver ®

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-96

  Boonkaew, Benjawan ^a,b   Kempf, Margit ^a   Kimble, Roy ^a   Supaphol, Pitt ^b   Cuttle, Leila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Broth culture; Disc diffusion; Dressing; Live Dead; Silver

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BROTH DILUTION; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HYDROGEL DRESSING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILVER DRESSING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND DRESSING;

ANTIMICROBIAL; BROTH CULTURE; DISC DIFFUSION; DRESSING; LIVE/DEAD; SILVER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACRYLAMIDES; ALKANESULFONATES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BANDAGES, HYDROCOLLOID; BURNS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84892585806     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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