Citric acid treatment of severe electric burns complicated by multiple antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Abstract

A case of severe electric burns complicated by multiple antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa not responding to various antibiotics administered systemically is presented. Citric acid (3%) was used successfully to eliminate Pseudomonas aeruginosa from burn wounds and infection was completely controlled in 14 days. Citric acid treatment is evidently of value in the clinical control of burn wound colonization caused by difficult strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

• Authors: B S Nagoba, R C Gandhi, B J Wadher, S R Deshmukh, S P Gandhi
• Journal: Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries (Burns) Vol. 24 Issue 5 Pg. 481-3 (Aug 1998) ISSN: 0305-4179 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 9725693 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Citric Acid

Topics

• Administration, Topical
• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Burns, Electric (complications, drug therapy, surgery)
• Citric Acid (administration & dosage)
• Drug Resistance, Multiple
• Drug Therapy, Combination (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Injury Severity Score
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pseudomonas Infections (drug therapy, etiology)
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa (drug effects)
• Skin Transplantation
• Therapeutic Irrigation
• Treatment Outcome
• Wound Healing