Silver sulfadiazine, sold under the brand Silvadene among others, is a topical antibiotic used in partial thickness and full thickness burns to prevent infection.[1] Tentative evidence has found other antibiotics to be more effective, and therefore it is no longer generally recommended for second-degree (partial-thickness) burns, but is still widely used to protect third-degree (full-thickness) burns.[2][3]
Common side effects include itching and pain at the site of use.[4] Other side effects include low white blood cell levels, allergic reactions, bluish grey discoloration of the skin, red blood cell breakdown, or liver inflammation.[4] Caution should be used in those allergic to other sulfonamides.[4] It should not be used in pregnant women who are close to delivery.[4] It is not recommended for use in children less than two months of age.[4]
Silver sulfadiazine was discovered in the 1960s.[5] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[6] It is available as a generic medication.[4]
^Singer AJ, Taira BR, Lee CC (2013). "Thermal Burns". In Marx J, Walls R, Hockberger R (eds.). Rosen's Emergency Medicine - Concepts and Clinical Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 814. ISBN 978-1455749874. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016.
^Wasiak J, Cleland H, Campbell F, Spinks A (March 2013). "Dressings for superficial and partial thickness burns". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2013 (3): CD002106. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD002106.pub4. hdl:10072/58266. PMC 7065523. PMID 23543513. It is impossible to draw firm and confident conclusions about the effectiveness of specific dressings, however silver sulphadiazine was consistently associated with poorer healing outcomes than biosynthetic, silicon-coated and silver dressings whilst hydrogel-treated burns had better healing outcomes than those treated with usual care.
^Heyneman A, Hoeksema H, Vandekerckhove D, Pirayesh A, Monstrey S (November 2016). "The role of silver sulphadiazine in the conservative treatment of partial thickness burn wounds: A systematic review". Burns. 42 (7): 1377–1386. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2016.03.029. hdl:1854/LU-8507323. PMID 27126813.
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^Chung DH, Colon NC, Herndon DN (2012). "Burns". In Coran AG, Caldamone A, Adzick NS, Krummel TM, Laberge J, Shamberger R (eds.). Pediatric Surgery (7 ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 369. ISBN 978-0323091619. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016.
^World Health Organization (2019). World Health Organization model list of essential medicines: 21st list 2019. Geneva: World Health Organization. hdl:10665/325771. WHO/MVP/EMP/IAU/2019.06. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
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