Wound swab and wound biopsy yield similar culture results.

The question remains whether wound swabs yield similar culture results to the traditional gold standard, biopsies. Swabs are not invasive and easy to perform. However, they are believed to capture microorganisms from the surface rather than microorganisms that have invaded tissue. Several studies co...

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Publicado en:Wound Repair & Regeneration Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 192 - 200
Autores principales: Haalboom, Marieke, Blokhuis‐Arkes, Miriam H.E., Beuk, Roland J., Klont, Rob, Guebitz, Georg, Heinzle, Andrea, van der Palen, Job
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Mar/Apr2018
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