COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF SUTURE AND CYANOACRYLATE TISSUE ADHESIVE ON BACTERIAL COUNTS IN CONTAMINATED LACERATIONS

Authors
HOWELL JM BRESNAHAN KA STAIR TO DHINDSA HS EDWARDS BA
Citation
Jm. Howell et al., COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF SUTURE AND CYANOACRYLATE TISSUE ADHESIVE ON BACTERIAL COUNTS IN CONTAMINATED LACERATIONS, Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 39(2), 1995, pp. 559-560
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy",Microbiology
Journal title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00664804
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
559 - 560
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-4804(1995)39:2<559:COEOSA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We studied the effects of closing lacerations with suture or cyanoacry late tissue adhesive on staphylococcal counts in inoculated guinea pig lacerations. Wounds closed with adhesive alone had lower counts than wounds containing suture material (P <0.05). The results of a time-kil l study were consistent,vith a bacteriostatic adhesive effect of the a dhesive against Staphylococcus aureus.