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 +8 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 +30 more
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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 +10 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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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 +18 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 +1 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 +4 more
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Stability of bacteriophages in burn wound care products [PDF]
, 2017 Bacteriophages could be used along with burn wound care products to enhance antimicrobial pressure during treatment. However, some of the components of the topical antimicrobials that are traditionally used for the prevention and treatment of burn wound ...
De Vos, Daniel +8 more
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ComplexWoundDB: A Database for Automatic Complex Wound Tissue Categorization [PDF]
, 2022 Complex wounds usually face partial or total loss of skin thickness, healing by secondary intention. They can be acute or chronic, figuring infections, ischemia and tissue necrosis, and association with systemic diseases. Research institutes around the globe report countless cases, ending up in a severe public health problem, for they involve human ...
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Risk Factors of Surgical Site Infection at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common source of morbidity among operated patients. At Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH), studies indicate that the rate of SSI has been increasing over the past thirty years.
Akoko, L.O. +3 more
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