Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a debilitating complication of diabetes in which bacterial
presence, including the frequent colonizer Staphylococcus aureus, contributes to inhibition …

Recently, it has been established that the human resident microbiota plays key roles in
health maintenance. Therefore, it has become an emerging prevention and treatment target …

World Health Organization considered diabetes as one of the 20th century epidemics,
estimating that over 10% of the world population is diabetic or at high risk. Self-assessment …

Diabetic foot infections (DFI) are a common cause of morbidity and, on occasion, even
mortality. Infection can be either mono-or polymicrobial, with a wide variety of potential …

Polymicrobial biofilms are a hallmark of chronic wound infection. The forces governing
assembly and maturation of these microbial ecosystems are largely unexplored but the …

Diagnosing the presence of infection in the foot of a patient with diabetes can sometimes be
a difficult task. Because open wounds are always colonized with microorganisms, most …

Bacterial species and their role in delaying the healing of pressure ulcers (PU) in spinal cord
injury (SCI) patients have not been well described. This pilot study aimed to characterise the …

The detection of volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted by pathogenic bacteria has
been proposed as a potential non-invasive approach for characterising various infectious …

Biofilms are formed by the attachment of single or mixed microbial communities to a variety
of biological and/or synthetic surfaces. Biofilm micro-organisms benefit from many …

Objectives: The performance of cadexomer iodine was determined against microbial
populations from chronic non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) complicated by biofilm in …