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  • Title: Comparison of effects of suture and cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive on bacterial counts in contaminated lacerations.
    Author: Howell JM, Bresnahan KA, Stair TO, Dhindsa HS, Edwards BA.
    Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother; 1995 Feb; 39(2):559-60. PubMed ID: 7726534.
    Abstract:
    We studied the effects of closing lacerations with suture or cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive on staphylococcal counts in inoculated guinea pig lacerations. Wounds closed with adhesive alone had lower counts than wounds containing suture material (P < 0.05). The results of a time-kill study were consistent with a bacteriostatic adhesive effect of the adhesive against Staphylococcus aureus.
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