Infection control in severely burned patients

Figure 2 An example for burn wound infection. Top: Nine days following admission a severe edema and inflammation at the periphery of the wound is seen with a positive wound culture for pseudomanas auerginosa; Bottom: Following treatment with topical octenidine dihydrochlorure (octenidex, senamed medical, Turkey) and sterile petroleum gauze (jelonet, Smith and nephew, United Kingdom), and peroral ofloxacine 500 mg × 2 for day, rapid epitheliazation and decreased edema was achieved at the 10th day of the treatment.