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The detection of wound infection by ion mobility chemical analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Surgical site infection represents a large burden of care in the National Health Service. Current methods for diagnosis include a subjective clinical assessment and wound swab culture that may take several days to return a result.
Bechar, Janak, Covington, James A., Daulton, Emma, Hardwicke, Joseph, Wicaksono, Alfian   +4 more
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Integrated bioinformatical and in vitro study on drug targets for liver cirrhosis based on unsupervised consensus clustering and immune cell infiltration

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Liver cirrhosis is one of the most common cause of death in the world. The progress of liver cirrhosis involves health, liver cirrhosis and liver cancer, leading to great challenges in the diagnosis of the disease.
Qingjia Chi, Qingjia Chi, Di Wang, Ting Sun, Hua-Ping Liang   +4 more
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Biofilm exacerbates antibiotic resistance: Is this a current oversight in antimicrobial stewardship?

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Objective To raise awareness of the role of environmental biofilm in the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance and its consideration in antimicrobial stewardship. Background Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health.
Philip Bowler, Christine Murphy, Randall Wolcott   +2 more
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Developing a real time sensing system to monitor bacteria in wound dressings [PDF]

, 2012
Infection control is a key aspect of wound management strategies. Infection results in chemical imbalances and inflammation in the wound and may lead to prolonged healing times and degradation of the wound surface.
Bowler, Brown, Cady, Clement, Costerton, Dobson, Eden, Firstenberg-Eden, Giaever, Gupta, James, Kell, Kingsley, Lazcka, Levine, Lind, McColl, Percival, Richards, Rigaud, Rothermel, Rowley, Schierle, Schultz, Silver, Smith, Sopwith, Thomas, Ur, Weber, Whulanza   +30 more
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Microbial predictors of healing and short-term effect of debridement on the microbiome of chronic wounds. [PDF]

, 2020
Chronic wounds represent a large and growing disease burden. Infection and biofilm formation are two of the leading impediments of wound healing, suggesting an important role for the microbiome of these wounds.
Chen, Irene A, Deacon, John M, Lee, Juhee, Shen, Yuning, Verbanic, Samuel   +4 more
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Risk factors for wound infection in surgery for spinal metastasis [PDF]

, 2015
Wound infection rates are generally higher in patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastasis. Risk factors of wound infection in these patients are poorly understood.
A Grzegorzewska, AF Pull ter Gunne, D. van Popta, H Majeed, H Pascal-Moussellard, I McPhee, I. Siddique, IA Omeis, J Wise, J. Stephenson, KA Greene, N Sarhill, R. R. Verma, R. Rodrigues-Pinto, S Boriani, S Demura, S Dickhaut, S. Kumar, S. Mohammad   +18 more
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Humidified Warmed CO2 Treatment Therapy Strategies Can Save Lives With Mitigation and Suppression of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: An Evidence Review

Frontiers in Medicine, 2020
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has presented enormous challenges for healthcare, societal, and economic systems worldwide. There is an urgent global need for a universal vaccine to cover all SARS-CoV-2 mutant strains to stop the current ...
Alaa M. M. El-Betany, Enas M. Behiry, Mark Gumbleton, Keith G. Harding   +3 more
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A Host-Directed Approach to the Detection of Infection in Hard-to-Heal Wounds

Diagnostics, 2022
Wound infection is traditionally defined primarily by visual clinical signs, and secondarily by microbiological analysis of wound samples. However, these approaches have serious limitations in determining wound infection status, particularly in early ...
Michael Burnet, Daniel G. Metcalf, Scarlet Milo, Clemens Gamerith, Andrea Heinzle, Eva Sigl, Kornelia Eitel, Marieke Haalboom, Philip G. Bowler   +8 more
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Dialkylcarbamoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings in the management and prevention of wound infection: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: Dialkylcarbomoyl chloride (DACC)-coated dressings (Leukomed Sorbact and Cutimed Sorbact) irreversibly bind bacteria at the wound surface that are then removed when the dressing is changed.
Bua, N., Carradice, D., Chetter, I.C., Harwood, A.E., Smith, G.E., Totty, J.P., Wallace, T.   +6 more
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Clinical Outcome of Non-occlusive Versus Occlusive Dressing in Postoperative Sutured Wounds [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Introduction: The main objective of dressing wounds is to prevent wound infections. Successful wound management depends on an understanding of the healing process combined with knowledge of the properties of the various dressings available.
Dinesh Kumar, Amol Daniel
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