Microbial Barriers

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 2012 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Clinics in Plastic Surgery, volume 39, pages 229-238 (issn: 0094-1298,

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Authors: Luke G, Gutwein; Mousumee, Panigrahi; Gregory S, Schultz; Bruce A, Mast;

doi: 10.1016/j.cps.2012.04.002

pmid: 22732372

Microbial Barriers

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Abstract

Barrier wound therapy is commonplace in the health care environment and functions to limit bacterial colonization and infection in both acute wounds and recalcitrant chronic wounds. This article reviews the nature of acute and chronic wounds and their available adjunctive barrier therapies.

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Keywords

Wound Healing, Occlusive Dressings, Administration, Cutaneous, Bandages, Cellular Microenvironment, Debridement, Biofilms, Chronic Disease, Wound Infection, Humans, Cyanoacrylates, Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy

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