Use of DACC coated dressings in diabetic foot ulcers: A case series

Å Ljungh Lund University
N Yanagisawa Lund University
T Wadström Lund University

Keywords: wound infection, hydrophobic, cell surface hydrophobicity

Abstract

Reducing the microbial load in an infected wound may help to promote healing. A hydrophobic dressing, which binds microbes whose surface contains waterrepellent molecules, may reduce the use of antibiotics.

Author Biographies

Å Ljungh, Lund University

MD, PhD Associate Professor Division of Bacteriology Department Laboratory Medicine Lund University Lund

N Yanagisawa, Lund University

MD, PhD Division of Bacteriology Department Laboratory Medicine Lund University Lund

T Wadström, Lund University

MD, PhD Professor Division of Bacteriology Department Laboratory Medicine Lund University Lund

Issue

Vol 7 No 1 (2014)

Section

Original Research

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