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Antibacterial honey (Medihoney(®)) for wound care of immunocompromised pediatric oncology patients

The physiologic process of wound healing is impaired and prolonged in paediatic patients receiving chemotherapy. Due to profound immunosuppression, wound infection can easily spread and act as the source of sepsis. Referring to in vitro studies, which confirmed the antibacterial potency of special h...

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Autores principales: Simon, Arne, Sofka, Kai, Wieszniewsky, Gertrud, Blaser, Gisela
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204081
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author Simon, Arne
Sofka, Kai
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description The physiologic process of wound healing is impaired and prolonged in paediatic patients receiving chemotherapy. Due to profound immunosuppression, wound infection can easily spread and act as the source of sepsis. Referring to in vitro studies, which confirmed the antibacterial potency of special honey preparations against typical isolates of nosocomially acquired wound infections (including MRSA and VRE) and considering the encouraging reports from other groups, Medihoney™ has now been used in wound care at the Department of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital, University of Bonn for three years. Supplemented with exemplary clinical data from pediatric oncology patients, this presentation reviews the scientific background and our promising experience with Medihoney™ in wound care issues at our institution.
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spelling pubmed-28312392010-03-04 Antibacterial honey (Medihoney(®)) for wound care of immunocompromised pediatric oncology patients Simon, Arne Sofka, Kai Wieszniewsky, Gertrud Blaser, Gisela GMS Krankenhhyg Interdiszip Article The physiologic process of wound healing is impaired and prolonged in paediatic patients receiving chemotherapy. Due to profound immunosuppression, wound infection can easily spread and act as the source of sepsis. Referring to in vitro studies, which confirmed the antibacterial potency of special honey preparations against typical isolates of nosocomially acquired wound infections (including MRSA and VRE) and considering the encouraging reports from other groups, Medihoney™ has now been used in wound care at the Department of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital, University of Bonn for three years. Supplemented with exemplary clinical data from pediatric oncology patients, this presentation reviews the scientific background and our promising experience with Medihoney™ in wound care issues at our institution. German Medical Science 2006-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2831239/ /pubmed/20204081 Text en Copyright © 2006 Simon et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en). You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Antibacterial honey (Medihoney(®)) for wound care of immunocompromised pediatric oncology patients
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title_full Antibacterial honey (Medihoney(®)) for wound care of immunocompromised pediatric oncology patients
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title_short Antibacterial honey (Medihoney(®)) for wound care of immunocompromised pediatric oncology patients
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