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Surgery Burns df13303c

Which among the following is an antibiotic agent that penetrates burn eschar to reach interface with patient's ble tissue ?

A
Mafenide acetate
B
Neomycin
C
Silver nitrate
D
Silver sulfadiazine
High-Yield Explanation
Mafenide acetate Antibiotic agent that penetrates burn eschar to reach interface with patient's ble tissue. Disadvantages- Quite painful on any paial thickness areas, and it is a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor that interferes with renal buffering mechanisms. Chloride is retained & metabolic acidosis can occur. For these reasons, silver sulfadiazine is more commonly used in burn centers unless a major problem with burn wound sepsis is present.

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