The effect of a semiocclusive dressing on the microbial population in superficial wounds.
Superficial wounds in a Yorkshire pig were treated with a semiocclusive polyurethane film dressing (PUD) or left open. The number and types of microflora present in the wounds each day was determined by a scrub technique, selective media, and the spiral plating system. In wounds covered with the PUD, the number of organisms increased, and there were more gram-negative pathogens. We concluded that microorganisms in wound beds multiply and survive better beneath a semiocclusive dressing than with air exposure.
D000388:Air; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D011140:Polyurethanes; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology*
D011140:Polyurethanes