ARAG, an Antioxidant-Rich Gel, Shows Superiority to Mepilex Ag in the Treatment of Deep Partial Thickness Burns without Sacrificing Antimicrobial Efficiency.

Brian Michael Cartwright, Sean James Fox, Mary Jane Underdown, William Andrew Clark, Joseph Andrew Molnar

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brian Michael CartwrightETSU Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.

Sean James FoxDepartment of Health Sciences, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.

Mary Jane UnderdownDepartment of Rehabilitative Sciences, College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.

William Andrew ClarkDepartment of Rehabilitative Sciences, College of Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.

Joseph Andrew MolnarDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA.

East Tennessee State University · USWake Forest University · US

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Abstract

Current treatments for deep tissue burns are limited, and most serve only to enhance hydration or prevent bacterial growth. This leaves burn healing dependent on slow natural processes to debride the wound and reestablish the epidermal and dermal layers of the skin. Infections are well known to destabilize this process through a variety of mechanisms, most notably through increased inflammation and the resulting oxidative stress. In this study, we show that ARAG (an antioxidant-rich antimicrobial gel) can suppress the growth of multiple bacteria commonly found to infect burns (

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antimicrobialantioxidantburnsdeep partial thickness burnsTPGSwound healing

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PMID37371906

DOI10.3390/antiox12061176

PMCPMC10295424

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