Antimicrobial dressings: Comparison of the ability of a panel of dressings to prevent biofilm formation by key burn wound pathogens

Burns

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1683-1694

  Halstead, Fenella D ^a,b   Rauf, Maryam ^a,b   Bamford, Amy ^a,c   Wearn, Christopher M ^a,c   Bishop, Jonathan R B ^a   Burt, Rebecca ^a,b   Fraise, Adam P ^a   Moiemen, Naiem S ^a,c,d   Oppenheim, Beryl A ^a   Webber, Mark A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Healing Foundation Burns Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Biofilms; Burns; Dressings; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE ACETATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; IODINE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SILVER; SILVER DRESSING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICATED DRESSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BURN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOAM DRESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILVER DRESSING; WOUND DRESSING; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BANDAGE; BURNS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HONEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

ACETIC ACID; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANDAGES; BIOFILMS; BURNS; CHLORHEXIDINE; HONEY; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; IODINE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SILVER; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84937053231     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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