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] |