title: Antimicrobials and Non-Healing Wounds. Evidence, controversies and suggestions-key messages.
abstract: This article constitutes an extraction of key messages originally presented in the Document: Antimicrobials and Non-Healing Wounds. Evidence, controversies and suggestions written by the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), and originally published by the Journal of Wound Care in 2013. All sections are shortened and some not included. For further details please refer to in the original document which can be downloaded via www.ewma.org .
authors.affiliation: (Editor), Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark;
authors.forename: Finn
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gottrup
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Apelqvist
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bjarnsholt
authors.forename: Rose
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Zena
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Edgar J G
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Probst
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000191:economics* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents
keywords: antibiotic; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial resistance; antiseptic; biofilm; bioburden; chronic wounds; diabetic foot ulcer; health economics; leg ulcers; microbiology; non-healing wounds; pressure ulcers; topial treatment; wound healing; wound infection