Nuggets of Knowledge: Skin infection? Avoid topical antibiotics

When antibiotics can be avoided in skin inflammation and bacterial colonization: a review of topical treatments.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review looks at the recent evidence on the safety, toxicity, microbiology and the prevention and management of acute and chronic wound infections with regard to antiseptics and antiseptic wound dressings. It is timely and relevant because of the global concerns of antimicrobial resistance and the need to address the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in the healthcare se...

Topical Skin Rejuvenation Treatments

There are hundreds if not thousands topical skin rejuvenation treatments on the market, from wrinkle creams to eye serums to lifting gels. If all of them worked as advertised, anyone with a bit of extra cash could have a skin of a fifteen year old. In reality, relatively few topical agents are clinically proven to improve wrinkles and other signs of skin aging. Others are supported by some posi...

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Topical antibiotics on tracheostoma prevents exogenous colonization and infection of lower airways in children.

INTRODUCTION Patients requiring long-term ventilation are at high risk of lower airway infections, generally of endogenous development. Patients on long-term ventilation, in particular via a tracheostomy, may develop tracheobronchitis or pneumonia of exogenous pathogenesis, ie, caused by microorganisms not carried in the oropharynx. The frequency of exogenous colonization or infection has previ...

The role of topical antibiotics used as prophylaxis in surgical site infection prevention.

Compared with systemic antibiotic therapy, the topical or local delivery of an antibiotic has many potential advantages. However, local antibiotics at the surgical site have received very limited approval in any of the surgical prophylaxis consensus guidelines that we are aware of. A review of the literature was carried out through searches of peer-reviewed publications in PubMed in the English...