mellitus of 20 years’ duration pres ented three weeks after amputation of a gangrenous big toe with a large nonhealing, infected foot wound at the surgical site. The wound had increased in size within days and had become infected despite regular professional foot care. He had been prescribed oral amoxicillin–clavulanate for 10 days, followed by oral ciprofloxacin for another 10 days. The patien...

BACKGROUND Mild perioperative hypothermia, which is common during major surgery, may promote surgical-wound infection by triggering thermoregulatory vasoconstriction, which decreases subcutaneous oxygen tension. Reduced levels of oxygen in tissue impair oxidative killing by neutrophils and decrease the strength of the healing wound by reducing the deposition of collagen. Hypothermia also direct...

One hundred patients undergoing major surgical operations in a provincial group hospital were studied bacteriologically daily to determine any relation between nasal carriage of staphylococci and post-operative staphylococcal wound sepsis.Sixty-four patients were either carriers on admission and throughout their stay, or their noses became colonized at some time by ward strains. Six cases of st...

Background: Mostly bacterial infections are treatable with oral and injectable antibiotics, but surgical site (SSI's) an important root cause of post-surgical mortality morbidity. We have undertaken this study in our department to find out the micro flora isolated from clean contaminated wounds their antimicrobial susceptibility at Surgical Unit I, JHL. Methods: It was a descriptive case series...

background the cause of death in burn patients after 48 hours of hospitalization has been reported to be bacterial infections. recently, due to the compounds accelerating the healing process and the intense reduction of treatment side effects, medicinal plants are used to cure burn wound infections. this study aims to investigate the medicinal effect of the ethanolic extract of scrophularia str...

INTRODUCTION Patients with soft tissue injuries caused by missile attacks during wartime have been treated with radical debridement and delayed closure. In a study in Gaza City, the rate of infection of missile injuries to the extremities when treated with minimal surgical intervention, was measured. METHODS Patients with severe soft tissue damage, compound fractures, and injuries to major bl...

Nurses working in the field of wound care are faced with chronic ulcers, infected wounds that may have stubborn necrosis, and slough is very difficult to eliminate within bed treated as devitalized tissue. The beneficial effects maggots biodebridement process healing been known for centuries. However, maggot debridement therapy (MDT) new, few healthcare services use it Indonesia. Searching supp...

The Silver nanoparticles are well-known for their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory wound healing abilities. We synthesized Silver nanoparticles using chemical reduction method and the formation of the silver nanoparticles was characterized by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, FT-IR and SEM techniques. The minimum inhibitory concentration of the synthesized nanoparticles was determined for both gr...