What is it about?
Burn wounds contaminated by microorganisms, skin mycobiome, and airborne fungi are the source of fungal contaminants. The work screened the burn wounds fungi, sterile swabs were collected and pure cultures were prepared for identification and recording of several isolates.
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Why is it important?
The fungal contamination increases the risk and indicates that the use of antifungal medicines with antibacterial is essential for healing.
Perspectives
The isolation and identification of fungi associated with burns wounds were listed. The study clarified that not only only bacteria are the causes of the non-rapid healing of burns , but also molds may involved.
Prof. Dr. salah Mahdi al-bader
Knowledge University
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This page is a summary of: Correlation between fungi isolated from burn wounds and burn care units, Burns, March 1999, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s0305-4179(98)00148-x.
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