Microbial barriers.
Barrier wound therapy is commonplace in the health care environment and functions to limit bacterial colonization and infection in both acute wounds and recalcitrant chronic wounds. This article reviews the nature of acute and chronic wounds and their available adjunctive barrier therapies.
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Post Office Box 100286, 1600 Southwest Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Luke G
LG
Gutwein
Mousumee
M
Panigrahi
Gregory S
GS
Schultz
Bruce A
BA
Mast
D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D001458:Bandages / Q000145:classification*; D018441:Biofilms; D060833:Cellular Microenvironment; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003487:Cyanoacrylates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D054843:Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy; D009779:Occlusive Dressings; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
D003487:Cyanoacrylates; C100832:octyl 2-cyanoacrylate