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WOUND HEALING IN RATS WITH THE ANTIBIOTIC FUCIDIN
Author(s) -
CALNAN J.,
FRY H. J. H.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
british journal of pharmacology and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.432
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1476-5381
pISSN - 0366-0826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1962.tb01195.x
Subject(s) - wound healing , antibiotics , medicine , significant difference , surgery , anesthesia , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Fucidin, a new antibiotic which is stated to improve wound healing, was fed to rats subjected to incised wounds on the back. There was a significant difference (at the 1% level) in tensile strength of five‐ and seven‐day wounds, but none between Fucidin‐treated rats and their controls.