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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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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 |