Abstract Body: Objective: Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) continue to challenge wound care practitioners. They are prone to infection and increase the risk of lower extremity amputation. The ...
Objective: Moderate-to-heavy bacterial loads delay healing and can lead to infection; therefore, clinical evaluation of signs and symptoms (CSS) of the bacterial-infection continuum is im...
Introduction: Wound colonization and infection are often asymptomatic and are therefore grossly under-detected in the chronic wound population. Typically polymicrobial in nature, the vast...