CONTEXT Despite the routine use of prophylactic systemic antibiotics, sternal wound infection still occurs in 5% or more of cardiac surgical patients and is associated with significant excess morbidity, mortality, and cost. The gentamicin-collagen sponge, a surgically implantable topical antibiotic, is currently approved in 54 countries. A large, 2-center, randomized trial in Sweden reported in...

The causative organisms of burn wound infection are aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, fungi, and yeasts [1,2]. Viral burn wound infection is rarely reported but does occur. Herpes virus family, including herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus, are the most frequent causative agents [3]. However, bacteria are the predominant isolates of burn wound infection. Aspergillus species are the mo...

introduction :   co 2 (carbon dioxide) laser application in circumcision, for cutting and coagulation, has been reported to have excellent results. also, tissue glue has been reported to have advantages over sutures for approximation of wound edges. most previous studies focused on comparisons between co 2 laser and scalpel, or between tissue glue and sutures. this study prospectively compared ...

background: increasing abdominal subcutaneous tissue thickness is a risk factor for postoperative complications in obese women who underwent cesarean section (c/s). different strategies have used to decrease the wound complications. using antibacterial vicryl suture to decrease infectious complications has been studied for several years. present study assesses the effect of subcutaneous closure...

Infection is a major factor that postpones wound healing specially in traumatic wounds. Many reports indicate important role of washing solutions on preventing wound infections. Tap water has been used for centuries as a wound cleanser without evidence of adverse effects or associated infection risk. Normal sterile saline is also regarded as the most appropriate and preferred cleansing solution...

BACKGROUND Antibiotics are used both pre and post-operatively in acute appendicitis for preventing wound infection. It has been observed that the routine use of post-operative antibiotics is not necessary in cases of non-perforated appendicitis as only prophylactic antibiotics are sufficient to prevent wound infection. The aim of this study was to see the frequency of wound infection in non-per...

Wound infection is defined as the presence of replicating microorganisms within a wound with subsequent host injury. Infection must be distinguished from wound contamination (microorganisms are not replicating) and wound colonization (replicating microorganisms are present but do not cause host injury). Interestingly, some recent studies of dogs suggest that the organisms that infect a wound ma...