Abstract
The care of burn patients is a difficult task. Although burn care over the last two decades has shown major advancements, the ability to treat consistently those patients with significant tissue damage and loss remains a challenge. A crucial step contributing to decreased morbidity and mortality of burn patients has been the practice of early wound excision.1–4 Removal of nonviable tissue rids the patient of local toxic mediators and the potential for colonization with subsequent local and systemic sepsis. Topical antimicrobials decrease the rate of colonization of a wound, but do not prevent microbial invasion and proliferation. Therefore, it is essential to close these wounds.
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