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Published in final edited form as: Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov. 2010 Jun 1;5(2):124–151. doi: 10.2174/157489110791233522

Table 2.

Summary of Topical Antimicrobial Therapy Agents used for Burns Covered in this Review

Agent Class Specific Agent Application Ref
Skin Substitutes Duoderm Clinical 2nd degree burns [25]
Trans-Cyte Clinical 2nd degree burns [26]
Omniderm Clinical 2nd degree burns [27]
Suprathel Clinical 2nd degree burns [28]
Epigard Clinical 2nd degree burns [29]
SYSpur-derm Clinical 2nd degree burns [30]
Biobrane Clinical 2nd degree burns [31]
Xenoderm Clinical 2nd degree burns [32]
Topical antibiotics Mafenide acetate Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [33]
Bacitracin Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [34]
Mupirocin Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [35]
Neosporin Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [36]
Polymyxin B Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [37]
Nitrofurazone Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [38]
Nystatin Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns, fungal infections [35]
Silver Silver nitrate Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [39]
Silver sulfadiazine Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [40]
Silver foams (Contreet, Allevyn) Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [41]
Flammacerium Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [42]
Acticoat 7 Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [43]
Aquacel-Ag Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [44]
Silvercel Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [45]
Silver amniotic membrane ( Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [46]
Iodine Povidone-iodine Clinical 2nd/3rd degree burns [47]
Cadexomer iodine (Iodosorb) Clinical chronic wounds [48]
Liposomal iodine, Repithel Clinical 2nddegree burns [49]
Iocide Oral infections [50]
Photodynamic therapy TBO Mouse wound infections [51]
PEI-ce6 Mouse burn infections (A. baumannii) [52]
XF73 In vitro, ex vivo skin infection [53]
BB6 In vitro, mouse wound infection [54]
Sylsens B Mouse burn infection S. aureus [55]
DP/hemin Guinea pig burn infections S. aureus [56]
Cat PC In vitro, veterinary infections [57]
EtNBSe In vitro [58]
Chitosan hydrogel Clinical 2nd degree burns [59]
film 2nd degree burns in rabbits [60]
bandage Mouse burn infections (Psuedomonas, Proteus) [61]
Antimicrobial peptide Defensins In vitro [62]
Demegel Pseudomonas infected rat burns [63]
Histone H1.2 Pseudomonas infected rat burns [64]
Cecropin B Pseudomonas infected mouse wounds [65]
rBPI Clinical trial 2nd degree burns [66]
Ceragenins In vitro [67]
Miscellaneous Chlorhexidine (LM Miller) Infected rat burns, clinical trial [68, 69]
Superoxidized water In vitro [70]
BCTP nanoemulsion In vitro [71]
FPQC Mice burns, Pseudomonas [72]
Acidified nitrite In vitro [73]
Phage therapy Mice burns, Pseudomonas [74]
p38MAPK inhibitor Rat burns, Pseudomonas [75]
Probiotics, Lactobacillus Clinical trial, 2nd, 3rd degree [76]
Honey Clinical trial, 2nd degree [77]
Essential oils In vitro [78]
MEBO Clinical trial, 2nd degree [79]
Papaya Clinical trial, 2nd, 3rd degree [80]
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