Manuka honey-impregnated dressings in the treatment of neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers

International Wound Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-263

  Kamaratos, Alexandros V ^a   Tzirogiannis, Konstantinos N ^a   Iraklianou, Stella A ^a   Panoutsopoulos, Georgios I ^b   Kanellos, Ilias E ^a   Melidonis, Andreas I ^a  

^a TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dressings; Manuka honey; Neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISINFECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAUZE DRESSING; HONEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUKA HONEY; MANUKA HONEY IMPREGNATED DRESSING; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROPATHIC DIABETIC FOOT ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING; AGED; BANDAGE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; GREECE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BANDAGES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84900340440     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01082.x     Document Type: Article

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