Topical honey: for bears, not for ICU catheters?

Catheters are most often colonized and become infected via the skin and their external surfaces in the ICU. Therefore, topical antimicrobials, including medical honey, placed at the insertion site should decrease skin colonization and catheter infections. This commentary reviews the main studies on,...

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Autor principal: Timsit, Jean-François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320929
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11900
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description Catheters are most often colonized and become infected via the skin and their external surfaces in the ICU. Therefore, topical antimicrobials, including medical honey, placed at the insertion site should decrease skin colonization and catheter infections. This commentary reviews the main studies on, and the possible reasons of, topical antimicrobial failure in ICUs compared to the reported efficacy of chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings.
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spelling pubmed-40560282014-06-13 Topical honey: for bears, not for ICU catheters? Timsit, Jean-François Crit Care Commentary Catheters are most often colonized and become infected via the skin and their external surfaces in the ICU. Therefore, topical antimicrobials, including medical honey, placed at the insertion site should decrease skin colonization and catheter infections. This commentary reviews the main studies on, and the possible reasons of, topical antimicrobial failure in ICUs compared to the reported efficacy of chlorhexidine-impregnated dressings. BioMed Central 2013 2013-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4056028/ /pubmed/23320929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11900 Text en Copyright © 2013 BioMed Central Ltd
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