Necrotizing fasciitis, first described by Wilson in 1952,@ is one of the most dramatic
infections a physician will ever come in contact with. Fortunately, this condition is quite rare …

Background A growing number of reports of serious wound infections during medical leech
therapy over the last decades caused by the leech gut symbiont Aeromonas spp. led to the …

The rate of infectious complications of leech therapy is almost 20% because Hirudo
medicinalis has endosymbiotic bacteria. The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial …

Leeches are hermaphrodite, bloodsucking parasitic worms usually found in places with
fresh water. Leech therapy existed 3000 years, and it is being used at a different scope …

Leeches within the Piscicolidae are of great numerical and taxonomic importance, yet little is
known about bacteria that associate with this diverse group of blood‐feeding marine …

Leeches are widely used to treat venous congestion in microvascular replantation, free and
conventional flap surgery, and traumatology. The leeches require to be in full contact with …

Medicinal leeches have an important and expanding role in plastic surgery and in the
management of chronic venous insufficiency, but infection can complicate their use. The aim …

Se ha incrementado el uso terapéutico de las sanguijuelas y se ha demostrado que ellas
pueden inocular bacterias causantes de infecciones en el 20% de los pacientes. El hallazgo …

Total heterotrophic, proteolytic and hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria were determined in the
digestive tract of the horse leech. The effect of HMM on the abundance of bacteria in the …

Se ha incrementado el uso terapéutico de las sanguijuelas y se ha demostrado que ellas
pueden inocular bacterias causantes de infecciones en el 20% de los pacientes. El hallazgo …