title: A bag full of sugar. Surgeons find that ordinary table sugar is a sweet adjunct to conventional treatment of deep wound healing.
abstract: Table sugar used as an adjunct to antibiotics may be effective in treating deep wound infections. Filling infected wounds with sugar has been practiced for centuries in some countries.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beadling
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019422:Dietary Sucrose