Conclusion
Our contemporary approach to advanced topical treatment
of skin injuries, particularly burn wounds, is in part
antimicrobial in nature, which may be helpful but may also
raise the question of microbial resistance including to silverbased preparations [73–78]. Meanwhile, other topical pharmacotherapy agents like silver sulfadiazide can be limited in
the amount of time for their usage and have other sideeffects [79]. For this reason and in order to expand burn
treatment options, advancement of research and clinical
trials on topical agents based on bioresources is crucial. In
this regard, fungal endophytes are natural bioresources to
explore [80], and may prove valuable in wound care.
Moreover, our method in assessing burns should evolve
from using mainly visual estimates to a more objective
qualitative and quantitative approach: a gap which radiology has the potential to fill, and contribute to cost-effective
burn wound care