| Title | Bacterial contamination of skin used as a biological dressing. A potential hazard |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1976 |
| Authors | Monafo WW, Tandon SN, Bradley RE, Condict C |
| Journal | JAMA |
| Volume | 235 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pagination | 1248 - 9 |
| Date Published | 44621 |
| ISSN | 0098-7484 (Print) 0098-7484 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 765519 |
| Keywords | *Bacterial Infections, *Bandages, *Biological Products, Autopsy, Burns / *therapy, Cadaver, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Male, Skin / *microbiology, Skin Transplantation, Tissue Preservation, Transplantation, Autologous, Transplantation, Heterologous, Transplantation, Homologous, Wound Infection / *etiology / pathology |
| Abstract | Bacterially contaminated skin used as a biological dressing on burn wounds can cause serious or even lethal infections, three examples of which are cited. Cadaver-skin allografts were frequently found to contain pathogenic bacteria. The frequency of infections due to the use of contaminated skin grafts on open wounds is unknown. |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 1030 |
Bacterial contamination of skin used as a biological dressing. A potential hazard
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