Silver in medicine: The basic science

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S9-S18

  Marx, David E ^a   Barillo, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b Disaster Response Critical Care Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Burn; Infection; Silver; Wound

Indexed keywords

SILVER DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILVER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN DRESSING; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; BACTERIUM; BANDAGE; BURNS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; WOUND HEALING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BANDAGES; BURNS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SILVER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84912530029     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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