title: Water-Jel in the treatment of burns. A bacteriologic study.
abstract: In a previous study the Water-Jel system (dressings) was found to protect the burn wound from microbial contamination and to have excellent analgesic and cooling effects when used as the first-aid dressing. In an extensive bacteriologic study in vitro, both semiquantitative and qualitative, Water-Jel was bactericidal in all 15 microorganisms tested, including yeasts. All 15 microorganisms were from the Ostrava Burn Unit. Water-Jel was used successfully in three surgical, nonburned patients with very contaminated, dilacerated wounds. It was superior to all the selective antibiotics used systemically. After its 3-day application, the wounds became sterile; the skin grafting was successful.
authors.affiliation: Regional Hospital Kúnz, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dolecek
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Torsová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adámková
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D001458:Bandages; D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male