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Routine bacterial culture of proximal bone specimens during minor amputation in patients with diabetes‐related foot infections has little clinical utility in predicting re‐operation or ulcer healing

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2022
Background Trans‐phalangeal and trans‐metatarsal amputation, collectively termed ‘minor amputations' are important procedures for managing infections of diabetes‐related foot ulcers (DFU).
Kimberly Voon, Uyen G. Vo, Robert Hand, Jonathan Hiew, Jens Carsten Ritter, Emma J. Hamilton, Laurens Manning   +6 more
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Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing technique pricking blood therapy for the chronic skin ulcer of lower limb (特色中医护理技术引血疗法在下肢慢性疮疡中的应用浅谈)

中西医结合护理, 2021
The pricking blood therapy is a Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing technique which shows the effect of dredging channels and reliving blood stasis. In the treatment of chronic skin ulcer of lower limb, the Traditional Chinese Medicine pricking blood ...
WANG Guiying (王桂英), LI Xiaoqing (李晓庆), WANG Guangyu (王广宇), CHEN Weixin (陈玮欣), LIU Jie (刘杰), XU Xuying (徐旭英)   +5 more
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Diabetic Foot. Part 1: Ulcers and Infections [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2020
Diabetes is a systemic disease that has achieved epidemic proportions in modern society. Ulcers and infections are common complications in the feet of patients with advanced stages of the disease, and are the main cause of amputation of the lower limb ...
Ricardo Cardenuto Ferreira
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Foot Care among Diabetes Patients: A Concept Analysis

Nurse Media: Journal of Nursing, 2023
Background: The concept analysis of “foot care” is essential for expanding the nursing knowledge base, synthesizing a broader theoretical concept, and guiding more effective care for diabetes patients with and without diabetic foot ulcers (DFU).
Parliani Parliani, Somporn Rungreangkulkij, Khanitta Nuntaboot   +2 more
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Infection with Mansonella perstans Nematodes in Buruli Ulcer Patients, Ghana. [PDF]

, 2014
During August 2010-December 2012, we conducted a study of patients in Ghana who had Buruli ulcer, caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, and found that 23% were co-infected with Mansonella perstans nematodes; 13% of controls also had M. perstans infection. M.
Alexander Debrah, Asio, Awadzi, Benbow, Bernhard Fleischer, Birte Kretschmer, Denham, Fred S. Sarfo, Gisela Bretzel, Hoerauf, Johnson, Justice Abotsi, Kabiru M. Abass, Lavender, Mabel Sarpong Duah, Marc Jacobsen, Marcus Beissner, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Marsollier, Marsollier, Michael Frimpong, Ohene Adjei, Onapa, Richard O. Phillips, Simonsen, Wansbrough-Jones, William Thompson, Williamson, Yaw Ampem-Amoako   +28 more
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Developing a pressure ulcer risk factor minimum data set and risk assessment framework [PDF]

, 2014
AIM: To agree a draft pressure ulcer risk factor Minimum Data Set to underpin the development of a new evidenced-based Risk Assessment Framework.BACKGROUND: A recent systematic review identified the need for a pressure ulcer risk factor Minimum Data Set ...
Bader, Dan L, Berlowitz, Dan, Coleman, Susanne, Cuddigan, Janet, Dealey, Carol, Dowding, Dawn, Farrin, Amanda, Gefen, Amit, Jude, Edward, Keen, Justin, McGinnis, Elizabeth, Muir, Delia, Nelson, E Andrea, Nixon, Jane, Oomens, Cees W J, Schols, Jos M G A, Schoonhoven, Lisette, Stubbs, Nikki, Vowden, Peter, Wilson, Lyn   +19 more
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Ameliorative effect of aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts of Scrophularia striata Boiss. on murine model of experimental colitis

Advanced Biomedical Research, 2023
Background: Scrophularia striata Boiss. (S. striata) is a flowering plant with several therapeutic properties including antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and wound-healing activity.
Mohsen Minaiyan, Parastoo Pasandideh-Fetrat, Masoud Sadeghi-Dinani, Ardeshir Talebi   +3 more
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Mapping the global distribution of Buruli ulcer: a systematic review with evidence consensus

The Lancet Global Health, 2019
Summary: Background: Buruli ulcer can cause disfigurement and long-term loss of function. It is underdiagnosed and under-reported, and its current distribution is unclear.
Hope Simpson, MSc, Kebede Deribe, PhD, Earnest Njih Tabah, PhD, Adebayo Peters, Issaka Maman, PhD, Michael Frimpong, PhD, Edwin Ampadu, MD, Richard Phillips, MD, Paul Saunderson, MD, Rachel L Pullan, PhD, Jorge Cano, PhD   +10 more
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Larval therapy for leg ulcers (VenUS II) : randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2009
Objective To compare the clinical effectiveness of larval therapy with a standard debridement technique (hydrogel) for sloughy or necrotic leg ulcers. Design Pragmatic, three armed randomised controlled trial.
Bland, J. Martin, Cullum, Nicky, Dowson, Christopher G., Dumville, Jo C., HASH(0x55aa08b64cf0), Iglesias, Cynthia, Mitchell, Joanne L., Nelson, E. Andrea, Soares, Marta O., Torgerson, David J., Worthy, Gill   +10 more
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Salmo salar Skin and Gill Microbiome during Piscirickettsia salmonis Infection

Animals, 2023
Maintaining the high overall health of farmed animals is a central tenant of their well-being and care. Intense animal crowding in aquaculture promotes animal morbidity especially in the absence of straightforward methods for monitoring their health ...
Marcos Godoy, Yoandy Coca, Rudy Suárez, Marco Montes de Oca, Jacob W. Bledsoe, Ian Burbulis, Diego Caro, Juan Pablo Pontigo, Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho, Raúl Arias-Carrasco, Leonardo Rodríguez-Córdova, César Sáez-Navarrete   +11 more
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