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Rapid Slide Technique with Dextranomer Beads for Bacteriologic Assessment of Wounds in the Elderly: Comparison with Quantitative Biopsy Method
Author(s) -
HEGGERS JOHN P.,
ROBSON MARTIN C.,
FRANK DAVID H.,
KO FRANCIS
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1979.tb01739.x
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , pathology
A rapid slide technique to provide quantitative bacteriologic assessment of wounds in elderly and debilitated patients is described. It involves the use of material from dextranomer‐bead (Debrisan) wound dressings to replace tissue biopsy for deciding when a wound is ready for closure or when a specific therapy is no longer efficacious. In 27 patients an 81 percent correlation was demonstrated between the bacterial count as determined by the new method and that determined by the more complicated tissue biopsy.