Background Surgical site infection (SSI) rates vary from 1% to 5% in the month following
surgery. Due to the large number of surgical procedures conducted annually, the costs of …

Acute and chronic wound infection has become a major worldwide healthcare burden
leading to significantly high morbidity and mortality. The underlying mechanism of infections …

Background Wound infections are the main cause of sepsis in patients with burns and
increase burn-related morbidity and mortality. Bacteriophages, natural bacterial viruses, are …

There is a clinical need for improved wound treatments that prevent both infection and
excessive inflammation. TCP-25, a thrombin-derived peptide, is antibacterial and scavenges …

Burns are caused by several mechanisms including flame, scald, chemical, electrical, and
ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Approximately half a million burn cases are registered …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 11 million people suffer from
burns every year, and 180,000 die from them. A burn is a condition in which heat, chemical …

The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic led to increased use of disinfectants and
antiseptics (DAs), resulting in higher concentrations of these compounds in wastewaters …

Rising bacterial antibiotic resistance is a global threat. To deal with it, new antibacterial
agents and antiseptic materials need to be developed. One alternative in this quest is the …

Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is a promising technology that provides real-time
histological visualization of living tissue, described as “optical biopsy”. It has been used …

Background: The increase of multi-drug–resistant organisms has revived the use of silver as
an alternative antibiotic-independent antimicrobial. Although silver's multimodal mechanism …