burn infection

Wound pH affects a number of important factors in wound healing. It is known that the pH of the skin surface of healthy adults… Expand

INTRODUCTION Localised infections, and burn wound sepsis are key concerns in the treatment of burns patients, and prevention of… Expand

Despite the fact that advances of burn treatment have led to reduction in the morbidity caused by burns, burn infection is still… Expand

Wounds, particularly burns, are prone to colonization of potentially life-threatening bacteria. Local delivery of antimicrobial… Expand

Since its discovery approximately 200 years ago, chitosan, as a cationic natural polymer, has been widely used as a topical… Expand

Chitosan and nanoparticle silver are both materials with demonstrated antimicrobial properties and have been proposed singly or… Expand

Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying the genes that encode for Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL), a highly potent toxin, have… Expand

OBJECTIVE To determine the major groups of bacteria associated with burn infections, isolation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from… Expand

BACKGROUND Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is a key enzyme in the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) from activated macrophages. PGE2… Expand

BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections (NI) are believed to occur more commonly in patients with burns than in patients undergoing… Expand