Leech therapy and infection control: no clear window

S Senthilkumaran, F Benita, R Menezes… - Journal of Ayurveda …, 2014 - search.proquest.com
Sir, The ingenious article by Rastogi and Chaudhari was indeed interesting.[1] Hirudo
medicinalis (medical leech) has been used in ancient medicine for various ailments. In …

[引用][C] 12 Bacterial Flora of the Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis)

J Graf - Medicinal Leech Therapy, 2007 - Georg Thieme Verlag

Antibacterial activity of seahare (Dolabella auricularia) against human bacterial pathogens.

P Krishnaveni, S Jebasingh… - Journal of …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Humans are now looks out for novel drugs against pathogens, because the resistant to
antibiotics in bacterial populations has increased dramatically. Since, it is essential to …

[PDF][PDF] Sensitivity of mycobacterium smegmatis to antibiotic effect of saliva cells secretion of medical leech hirudo medicinalis

IB Pavlova, D Guo, LC Chen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - s.science-sd.com
Rapidly expanding multidrug-resistant microorganisms stimulate an intensive study of natural and
man-made antimicrobia Page 1 SENSITIVITY OF MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS TO …

18s rDNA characterization and morphological investigation of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis from Felaw Pond

SJ Bilal - Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2024 - cellmolbiol.org
Hirudinea leeches are obligate parasites on a variety of vertebrates and have recently
gained attention for their medicinal purposes. The present study aimed to improve the …

Preventing Infective Complications following Leech Therapy: Elimination of Symbiotic Aeromonas spp. from the Intestine of Hirudo verbana Using Antibiotic Feeding

A Litwinowicz, J Blaszkowska - Surgical infections, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Background: Hirudotherapy is often used successfully in modern medicine, especially in
plastic and reconstructive surgery. However, Aeromonas infections are the most common …

Antibiotic susceptibility of cultivable aerobic microbiota from the oral cavity of Echis carinatus from Odisha (India)

L Padhi, SK Panda, PP Mohapatra, G Sahoo - Microbial pathogenesis, 2020 - Elsevier
During a snake bite, the microbes may get transferred to the bite site and may cause
secondary infection along with envenomation. The knowledge on the oral bacterial flora of …

[引用][C] Molecular genetic microbiological and clinical analysis of Hirudo species (leeches): implications for use in surgical practice

IS Whitaker - 2009 - Utrecht University

Sensitivities of Aeromonas hydrophila cultured from medicinal leeches to oral antibiotics

A Braga, WC Lineaweaver, TM Whitney… - Journal of …, 1990 - thieme-connect.com
Infections associated with medicinal leech application are caused by Aeromonas
hydrophila, an organism that resides in the leech gut. We cultured the intestinal tracts of 25 …

[PDF][PDF] Hirudo verbana is a source of fungal isolates potentially pathogenic to humans

A Litwinowicz, J Blaszkowska - Afr J Microbiol Res, 2013 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
All leeches are either predatory or parasitic carnivores. The majority of blood-sucking
leeches live in fresh water environments. The typical habitat is a eutrophic pond with a …