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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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A case report of cutaneous mucormycosis of the hand after minor trauma in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Mucormycosis is a rare but life-threatening infection, caused by fungi of the Mucorales order, which can be found in soil, rotting leaves or on animals. Through characteristic angioinvasive growth, infections with mucor spores can occur as a
Maleitzke, Tazio, Märdian, Sven, Stahnke, Katharina, Trampuz, Andrej   +3 more
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REDUCTION OF POSTOPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION AFTER APPENDECTOMY BY PERITONEAL CLOSURE AND WOUND IRRIGATION WITH NORMAL SALINE [PDF]

Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2012
The most common complication following appendectomy is postoperative wound infection and since it has major effects on patient’s health & recovery and on the health system as it consumes time and essential resources so from this fact came the importance ...
Ahmad Jaleel Abdul-Razzak, Zeki A Al-Faddagh   +1 more
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Effect of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy vs Standard Wound Dressing on Deep Surgical Site Infection After Surgery for Lower Limb Fractures Associated With Major Trauma: The WHIST Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Following surgery to treat major trauma-related fractures, deep wound infection rates are high. It is not known if negative pressure wound therapy can reduce infection rates in this setting.
Matthew L. Costa, J. Achten, R. Knight, Julie Bruce, Susan J Dutton, Jason Madan, M. Dritsaki, N. Parsons, M. Fernandez, Richard Grant, J. Nanchahal   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Lipidomic and transcriptional analysis of the linoleoyl-omega-hydroxyceramide biosynthetic pathway in human psoriatic lesions

Journal of Lipid Research, 2021
A complex assembly of lipids including fatty acids, cholesterol, and ceramides is vital to the integrity of the mammalian epidermal barrier. The formation of this barrier requires oxidation of the substrate fatty acid, linoleic acid (LA), which is ...
Victoria J. Tyrrell, Faraz Ali, William E. Boeglin, Robert Andrews, James Burston, James C. Birchall, John R. Ingram, Robert C. Murphy, Vincent Piguet, Alan R. Brash, Valerie B. O'Donnell, Christopher P. Thomas   +11 more
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Pain Management, Local Infection, Satisfaction, Adverse Effects and Residual Pain after Major Open Abdominal Surgery: Epidural versus Continuous Wound Infusion (PAMA Trial)

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017
Introduction: The Management of postoperative pain after abdominal surgery is a major challenge to the anesthesiologist. The optimization of postoperative analgesia improves prognosis contributing also to patient satisfaction and reducing morbidity and ...
Rita Araújo, Céline Marques, David Fernandes, Emanuel Almeida, Joana Alves, Mariana Rodrigues, Miguel Ferreira, Ricardo Bernardo, Rita Santa-Bárbara, Sara Freitas, Célia Xavier, Isabel Neves   +11 more
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Comparative study between mass closure suturing technique and Hughes repair in emergency midline laparotomies

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Background: The most alarming post-operative consequences for patients and doctors are wound infection and dehiscence. Post-operative wound infection and dehiscence lengthen the hospital stay after surgery.
Mukesh Kumar P , Sathyaraj P , Jemin Bharath R , Ramprasath S , Renganathan M   +4 more
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Coverage of the infected wound

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1983
Fifty-four consecutive patients with chronic wounds were identified by the following criteria: (1) established infection for 6 months, (2) exposure of bone, mediastinum, or other vital structure, (3) mechanical and/or vascular limitations to delayed closure techniques, (4) no response to wound debridement in prolonged antibiotic therapy.
Thomas K. Hunt, Stephen J. Mathes, Lu-Jean Feng   +2 more
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Wound Infections from Taiwan Cobra (Naja atra) Bites: Determining Bacteriology, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and the Use of Antibiotics-A Cobra BITE Study

Toxins, 2021
Wound necrosis and secondary infection are common complications after Naja atra bites. Clinical tools to evaluate the infection risk after Taiwan cobra bites are lacking.
Heng Yeh, Shi-Ying Gao, Chih-Chuan Lin
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