title: [Controlling wound odor with metronidazole: a systematic review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Verifying the evidence of therapeutic efficacy in the topical application of metronidazole for controlling wound odor.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic literature review, according to the Cochrane Collaboration recommendations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  329 articles were identified in the Cochrane, LILACS, SciELO, CINAHL and PubMed databases, with 14 of them being included in the final sample. Two of the studies were double-blind randomized clinical trial studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The actual effectiveness of metronidazole in controlling wound odor cannot yet be evidenced due to the absence of strong evidence from studies on the subject, despite clinical practice recommending its benefits.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Diana Lima Villela de
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D003836:Deodorants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009812:Odorants; D014947:Wounds and Injuries
chemical_list: D003836:Deodorants; D008795:Metronidazole