antimicrobial

The goal of this prospective clinical study was to assess the effectiveness of a novel bioresorbable polymeric matrix impregnated with ionic and metallic silver as a primary wound contact dressing in healing stagnant or deteriorating chronic...

The goal of this prospective...

11/04/2020

Wounds

Original Research

Wound Healing and Antimicrobial Effects of Chitosan-hydrogel/Honey Compounds in a Rat Full-thickness Wound Model

09/01/2019

Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimzadeh ;

Esmaeel Najafi ;

Abbas Tabatabaee Yazdi ;

Mohammad Azizzadeh ;

Ali Moradi ;

Bibi Seddigheh Fazly Bazzaz ;

Nafise Amiri ;

Hamidreza Bahrami Taghanaki ;

Abolghasem Sajadi-Tabassi ;

Jebraiel Movaffagh ;

In this study, the effects of the incorporation of high molecular weight chitosan hydrogel on antibacterial, antifungal, and wound healing properties of honey were investigated.

In this study, the effects of...

09/01/2019

Wounds

Laboratory Research

A Pilot Study of the Antibacterial Activity of Topical Fatty Acids

06/06/2019

In this video, Dr. Gibson describes 3 experiments that sought to determine if an oil-based product could reduce viable Staphylococcus aureus in a porcine skin wound model, which was exhibited as a poster at the 2019 Symposium on Advanced...

In this video, Dr. Gibson...

06/06/2019

Wounds

Review

Time to Abandon Antimicrobial Approaches in Wound Healing: A Paradigm Shift

11/01/2018

Jeanette Sams-Dodd ;

Frank Sams-Dodd ;

This review covers the increasing evidence that infections on external surfaces have to be treated fundamentally differently to internal infections.

This review covers the...

11/01/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

Treatment of Pediatric Burns with Concentrated Surfactant Gel Technology (CST) with or Without an Antimicrobial Agent

10/11/2018

OBJECTIVE: A concentrated surfactant gel technology (CST) gel was designed to aid in maintaining moist wound healing and to soften debris, assisting in surfactant driven autolytic debridement. A clinical study was conducted to look at its...

OBJECTIVE: A concentrated...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

Comparing a High-concentration Topical Surfactant With and Without a Topical Antimicrobial in the Management of Burns

10/10/2018

OBJECTIVE: A surface-acting agent based on concentrated surfactant technology (CST), in certain patients in combination with a topical antimicrobial agent, was studied for both debriding properties and wound healing-related aspects in a trial...

OBJECTIVE: A surface-acting...

10/10/2018

Wounds

Abstracts

SAWC Fall 2018 Poster Abstracts

10/01/2018

Wounds Editorial Staff

10/01/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Effect of a New Purified Collagen Matrix With Polyhexamethylene Biguanide on Recalcitrant Wounds of Various Etiologies: A Case Series

02/28/2018

Kari Yarrow ;

Heather Percise ;

Amber White ;

Dimitrios Lintzeris ;

Mary Gurganus ;

Susan Sherrod ;

Karen Vernon ;

Andy Strickland ;

Kathleen Vergin ;

Laura Johnson ;

In order to control biofilm formation, sequester proteolytic enzymes, and provide a biocompatible scaffold to support healing, the investigators utilize a purified collagen matrix containing polyhexamethylene biguanide (PCMP) in a case series...

In order to control biofilm...

02/28/2018

Wounds

Original Research

New Surfactant-based Dressing Product to Improve Wound Closure Rates of Nonhealing Wounds: A European Multicenter Study Including 1036 Patients

07/06/2016

Dieter Mayer ;

Gabrielle Menzinger ;

Keith G. Harding ;

Christoph Zölß ;

Dieter Klein ;

Frans Meuleneire ;

Nicola Ivins ;

Franca Abbritti ;

Francesco Paolo Palumbo ;

Simone Seratoni ;

Sarah Bradbury ;

Jürgen Dietmar Cech ;

A new surfactant-based biomaterial containing the antimicrobial 1% silver sulfadiazine (SSD) was developed at the University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) to improve outcomes for nonhealing wounds. This study’s objective was to clinically...

A new surfactant-based...

07/06/2016

Wounds