Antibiotic use in pilonidal wounds reduced with zinc.(Dermatologic Therapy)(Brief Article)

Publication: Skin & Allergy News

Publication Date: 01-AUG-05

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CHICAGO -- Topical zinc oxide was associated with significantly reduced antibiotic use in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 64 patients with excised pilonidal wounds, said Magnus Agren, DMSc, at the annual meeting of the Wound Healing Society.

Pilonidal wounds are usually caused by hair fragments that have penetrated...

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