infection

Case Report and Brief Review

Defect Reconstruction of an Infected Diabetic Foot Using Split- and Full-thickness Skin Grafts With Adjuvant Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

11/19/2018

Sanda Smuđ-Orehovec

Marko Mance

Damir Halužan

Vilena Vrbanović-Mijatović

Davor Mijatović

The case of a 43-year-old woman with diabetes who was admitted to the University Hospital Rebro (Zagreb, Croatia) due to an infected, nonhealing wound on her left foot. Skin grafts combined with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) before...

The case of a 43-year-old woman...

11/19/2018

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 Cases

Silver Oxysalts Regulate Oxidative Stress and Promote Cutaneous Wound Healing Independent of Infection

10/31/2018

Helen Thomason presents her findings from “Silver Oxysalts™  Regulate Oxidative Stress and Promote Cutaneous Wound Healing Independent of Infection” which was presented at Symposium Advances Skin and Wound Care, Spring 2018. These...

Helen Thomason presents her...

10/31/2018

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

Diagnosis and Treatment of Invasive Aspergillus fumigatus Wound Infection Following Subtotal Colectomy for Perforated Toxic Megacolon in an Immunosuppressed Patient

10/11/2018

Bryce French

Katherine Mandel

Ryan Martinez

The authors report a case of an invasive Aspergillus fumigatus infection following a subtotal colectomy for toxic megacolon. The patient was on antibiotics following the operation and chronic immunosuppression with steroids and infliximab....

The authors report a case of an...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Clinical Research Poster

Validation of a Clinically Relevant Diagnostic Marker for Early Diagnosis of Infection in Chronic Wounds

10/11/2018

INTRODUCTION: Bacteria contaminate and colonize chronic wounds, increasing the risk of systemic infection and amputation. Early detection of infection is vital for timely treatment. However, the current clinical practice of visually...

INTRODUCTION: Bacteria...

10/11/2018

Wounds

Case Series

Outcomes in Fournier’s Gangrene Using Skin and Soft Tissue Sparing Flap Preservation Surgery for Wound Closure: An Alternative Approach to Wide Radical Debridement

10/01/2018

Travis L. Perry

Lindsay M. Kranker

Erin E. Mobley

Eileen E. Curry

R. Michael Johnson

The purpose of this case series is to report the outcomes of FG using a surrogate approach of concurrent debridement of spared skin and soft tissue, negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), and serial delayed primary closure (DPC).

The purpose of this case series...

10/01/2018

Wounds

Case Report and Brief Review

A Rare Catch in a Nonhealing Wound

09/11/2018

Tanushree Agrawal

Stephanie Fuentes Rojas

Rosalyn Adigun

Manjulatha Badam

09/11/2018

Wounds