WOUND HEALING IN RATS WITH THE ANTIBIOTIC FUCIDIN

Article date: October 1962

By: J. CALNAN, H. J. H. FRY in Volume 19, Issue 2, pages 321-323

Fucidin, a new antibiotic which is stated to improve wound healing, was fed to rats subjected to incised wounds on the back. There was a significant difference (at the 1% level) in tensile strength of five‐ and seven‐day wounds, but none between Fucidin‐treated rats and their controls.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1962.tb01195.x

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