The effect of antipyocyanic bacteria serum in topic treatment infected burn wounds in children
- Author:
Ho Thi Xuan Huong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
antipyocyanic bacteria serum, burn, children
- MeSH:
Child;
Burns;
Serum
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;469(12):43-45
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
21 children aged 1-15 suffering from 10-25% body surface burn infected with pyocyanic bacteria were treated at the National Institute of Burn from April to October 2002. Burn lesions were divided into 2 zones with similar superficilit and depht. On the zone A, antipyocyanic serum was applied, and zone B, silver sulfadiazine 1% (SSD1%). Results showed that entipyocyanic serum had got the effects of secreting reduce, anti inflammation and deodorizing and decolorizing of the burn, stimulating the epithelial processing, reducing the pyocyanic bacterial infection frequency from 100% in the first examination to 7.14% in the 3rd examination and the count of pyocyanic bacteria from 22.12 0.07 x 104 to 2.44 0.01 x 104. The duration of treatment in shallow burn of II, III grade (7.2 0.6 days versus 8.5 0.2 days) and in deep burn of III grade (14.5 0.7 days versus 16.5 0.6 days)
