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Animal models of external traumatic wound infections.

Tianhong Dai, Gitika B Kharkwal, Masamitsu Tanaka, Ying-Ying Huang, Vida J Bil de Arce, Michael R Hamblin

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Review in Virulence. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tianhong DaiWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA.
Gitika B Kharkwal
Masamitsu Tanaka
Ying-Ying Huang
Vida J Bil de Arce
Michael R Hamblin

Funding

Photodynamic Therapy of Localized InfectionsR01AI050875 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMBLIN, MICHAEL R · 2003 to 2017
$4.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI050875NIAID NIH HHS R01AI050875
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite advances in traumatic wound care and management, infections remain a leading cause of mortality,morbidity and economic disruption in millions of wound patients around the world. Animal models have become standard tools for studying a wide array of external traumatic wound infections and testing new antimicrobial strategies.

resultsAnimal models of external traumatic wound infections reported by different investigators vary in animal species used, microorganism strains, the number of microorganisms applied, the size of the wounds and for burn infections, the length of time the heated object or liquid is in contact with the skin.

methodsThis review covers experimental infections in animal models of surgical wounds, skin abrasions, burns, lacerations,excisional wounds and open fractures.

conclusionsAs antibiotic resistance continues to increase,more new antimicrobial approaches are urgently needed.These should be tested using standard protocols for infections in external traumatic wounds in animal models.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsGuinea PigsHumansMicePostoperative ComplicationsRabbitsRatsSwineWound Infection

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PMID21701256
PMCPMC3173676

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