Skin wounds are common and represent a major public health and economical problem,
with risks of complications and a significant negative impact on the quality of life of patients …

Various agents have been applied topically to treat infected wounds for millennia, but their
proper role remains unclear. Topical therapy affords many potential advantages but also has …

In recent years, the incidence of infected wounds is steadily increasing, and so is the clinical
as well as economic interest in effective therapies. These combine reduction of pathogen …

Background People with diabetes are at high risk for developing foot ulcers, which often
become infected. These wounds, especially when infected, cause substantial morbidity …

Objective: To extract from the biomedical literature the reported effects of acute
hyperglycemia on the major components of the innate immune system and to describe the …

JOURNAL OF WOUND CARE VOL 22. NO 5. EWMA DOCUMENT 2013 S5 year, 11 of
which more than half are drug-resistant. 12 Infections based on resistant bacteria are …

Elevated levels of bacteria, including biofilm, increase the risk of chronic wound infection
and inhibit healing. Addressing asymptomatic high bacterial loads is challenged by a lack of …

Background Treatment and prevention of wound infection continues to be a challenging
issue in clinical settings of Nepal especially in the context of globally growing problem of …

It is not the presence of microorganisms, but their interaction with patients that determines
their influence on wound healing. Documenting this critical but often ignored aspect of the …

This review describes the ecological, clinical and epidemiological features of emerging
vibrios and discusses what laboratory methods are being used for the detection of …