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External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid

BACKGROUND: Medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, has been used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, to relieve venous congestion and to improve the microrevascularization of flaps. In many countries, wild leeches are still provided from local markets and utilised with antibiotic prophylaxies. In t...

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Autores principales: Aydin, Atakan, Nazik, Hasan, Kuvat, Samet Vasfi, Gurler, Nezahat, Ongen, Betigul, Tuncer, Serdar, Hocaoglu, Emre, Kesim, Sinan Nur
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15329153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-4-28