Comparison of topical iodine and silver sulfadiazine as therapies against sulfur mustard burns in a pig model

Sulfur mustard (SM) is a powerful vesicant used as an agent of chemical warfare. The severity of lesions incurred after exposure to SM reiterated the need for an efficient and rapid neutralizing agent against SM. Previous studies have shown that postexposure treatment with iodine is effective against SM lesions in rodents. In the current study we used the pig model to emulate SM‐induced burn lesions, and observed the immediate effect of a single...