Combined treatment with chlorhexidine and 0.9% saline in a newborn infant with an infected surgical wound
INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL, cilt.13, sa.5, ss.1000-1002, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.1111/iwj.12381
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1000-1002
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Newborns are more susceptible to infection; this makes proper wound care extremely important in them. Unfortunately, in spite of successful surgery, patients can die as a result of wound area infections. Herein, we report a case in which a combined therapy of chlorhexidine (a disinfectant) and saline (a cleansing agent used in wound care) was used effectively to treat the wound in a newborn infant with an antibiotic-resistant, Gram-negative, bacteria-related surgical site infection.