Bacterial Control in Partial Thickness Burns Using Silver-containing Wound Dressings

Inclusion Criteria: * Burn wounds with flux values, measured by Laser Doppler Imaging, corresponding with expected healing time between 7 and 21 days, flux values between 200 and 1000 (red-pink or pink-yellow-green colour) * Wounds treated with a hydrocolloid paste prior to LDI * Possibility to follow the complete treatment schedule until wound healing and participation on complete follow-up schedule * Informed consent * Partial thickness burns with TBSE \< 40% Exclusion Criteria: * Mean flux values \< 200 or \> 1000 * TBSA \> 40% * Impossibility to debride necrotic skin prior to LDI measurement * Wounds treated with any topical ointments or dressings other than hydrocolloid prior to LDI * Not following the complete treatment schedule or missing some evaluations during the follow-up period * Patient has any condition that seriously compromises the patient's ability to complete the study * Patient has participated in another study using an investigational drug within the previous 30 days * Patient has one or more medical condition(s)that in the opinion of the investigator would make the patient an inappropriate candidate for this study * The plastic surgeon decides that surgery is necessary due to unusual circumstances * Patient wish to decline from the study * No informed consent * Full thickness burns