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BIOFILM AND OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

TANJA PLANINŠEK RUČIGAJ ; University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Dermatovenereology, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

Bacteria organized in biofilms are insensitive to the usual treatment with dressings or antibiotics. Most successful is surgical debridement to remove their colonies, but this option may not be possible in all environments. Dressings with silver and other antiseptics are often the only tools available to nurses at patient homes or to dermatologists at outpatient clinics. In our clinical studies conducted several years ago, we demonstrated that dressings with antiseptics were an effective tool in daily clinical practice to remove bacteria/biofilms from chronic wounds.

Keywords

biofilm; clinical practice; chronic wounds; hydrofiber; silver dressings; antiseptics; polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB)

Hrčak ID:

155192

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/155192

Publication date:

5.4.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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