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Maggot therapy could provide affordable and efficacious wound care in Lebanon and other low- and middle-income countries

open access: yesHealthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2023
The poor economic situation, ongoing political instability, and the 2020 Beirut explosion have seriously eroded the capacity of the Lebanese healthcare system.
Salman Shayya, Frank Stadler
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of life expectancy and measurement of immature stages of Lucilia sericata fed on three kinds of diets [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, 2020
Background and Objectives: Finding the best diet is very important to rear Lucilia sericata larvae for therapeutic purposes and prepare standard curves in forensic entomology.
Omid Dehghan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Larval therapy from the patient’s perspective

open access: yesESTIMA, Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy, 2020
Objective: to describe the perception of the patient undergoing larval therapy. Method: qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study, using oral history as a data collection technique and methodological framework, in the form of oral life history. Six patients with difficult-to-heal wounds participated in the study, followed by the dressing committee of ...
Simone Maria da Silva   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Tamoxifen against Larval Stage Echinococcus granulosus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Cystic echinococcosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the larval stage of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. Chemotherapy currently employs benzimidazoles; however, 40% of cases do not respond favorably.
Cumino, Andrea Carina   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Enteritis in Adult Ruminants. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Infectious enteritis in adult ruminants is often a result of 1 or more viral, bacterial, or parasitic pathogens. Diagnosis of etiologic agents causing enteritis is important when considering herd implications and zoonotic potential of some etiologies ...
Chigerwe, Munashe, Heller, Meera C
core   +1 more source

Understanding methods of wound debridement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Autolytic debridement describes the body's natural method of wound-bed cleansing, helping it to prepare the wound bed for healing. In acute wounds, autolytic debridement occurs automatically and often does not require intervention, as during the ...
Broadus C   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A model of toxic neuropathy in Drosophila reveals a role for MORN4 in promoting axonal degeneration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Axonal degeneration is a molecular self-destruction cascade initiated following traumatic, toxic, and metabolic insults. Its mechanism underlies a number of disorders including hereditary and diabetic neuropathies and the neurotoxic side effects of ...
Bhattacharya, Martha R.C.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial

open access: yesBMC Medical Research Methodology, 2006
Background A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the trial was to be delivered in either loose or bagged form.
Iglesias CP   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

RETRACTED: Curcumin-Injected Musca domestica Larval Hemolymph: Cecropin Upregulation and Potential Anticancer Effect

open access: yesMolecules, 2022
Over recent decades, much attention has been given to imply the natural products in cancer therapy alone or in combination with other established procedures.
Shaymaa Mahmoud   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refining the Galleria mellonella Model by Using Stress Marker Genes to Assess Clostridioides difficile Infection and Recuperation during Phage Therapy

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2020
The Galleria mellonella is an effective model for probing Clostridioides difficile interactions with phages. Despite valuable insights from this model, the larvae are not easily amenable to assessing detailed clinical responses to either bacteria or ...
Janet Y. Nale   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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