Silver in medicine: A brief history BC 335 to present

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue S1, 2014, Pages S3-S8

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

^a Disaster Response Critical Care Consultants   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute wound; Antimicrobial; Burn; Chronic wound; Silver; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; GERM THEORY OF DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; SILVER DRESSING; SKULL INJURY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; BURNS; HISTORY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; SILVER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84912531968     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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