Successful treatment of chronically infected wounds with sugar paste

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Tanner AG. Owen ER. Seal DV. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 7(4):524-5, 1988 Aug. A sugar and polyethylene glycol paste is introduced which has marked antimicrobial activity and is available in thick and thin forms. The paste was used to treat 20 patients with chronically infected abdominal and perineal wounds that had failed to respond to conventional forms of treatment. Complete healing was achieved in 19 patients. The paste was especially effective in the treatment of large abscess cavities with small external openings. It was inexpensive, and easy and painless to apply.