OBJECTIVE To investigate topical honey in superficial burns and wounds though a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. DATA SOURCES Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, reference lists and databases were used to seek randomised controlled trials. Seven randomised trials involved superficial burns, partial thickness burns, moderate to severe burns that included full thickness...

A prospective study of 45 central venous catheters was conducted to assess, by strain delineation, the turnover of skin and catheter hub (superficial) colonization and the relative contributions of catheter hub and skin colonization to catheter tip colonization. Serial quantitative cultures of skin and catheter hub were performed. Catheter tip, blood, and specimens for culture from targeted sup...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of superficial mycoses among psychiatric patients. DESIGN Randomised Prospective study SETTING Mathari Mental Hospital, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi Kenya. RESULTS A study was conducted on prevalence of superficial fungal infections among psychiatric patients in Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya during the period ...

The Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital-Civic Campus, Ottawa, Ontario Correspondence and reprints: Dr Michael SG Bell, 402-1919 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1H 1A2. Telephone 613-739-5424, fax 613-739-7168, e-mail [email protected] When suturing thin skin under significant tension one runs a high risk of somewhat delayed wound healing and increased scar...

Candida parapsilosis is an emerging opportunistic pathogen which causes systemic and superficial infections in immunocompromised hosts. Successful colonization and subsequent infection of the host by a microorganism depends upon its ability to adhere to host surfaces, and its relative cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) is a contributory physical force involved in the process. During a comprehens...

BACKGROUND Since limited data on superficial fungal infections in teenagers exist in our setting, this study provides the first description of the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of these infections among teenagers in Lima and Callao, Peru. METHODOLOGY The study involved 1,387 adolescents in five public schools from June to November 2006. Participants were examined for superficia...

Access-port (AP) complications after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) are often seen but seldom reported in literature. AP complications requiring additional surgery is reported in 3.6% to 24% of LAGB patients (Susmallian et al. Obes. Surg, 4:128-131, 2003; Peterli et al. Obes. Surg., 12(6):851-856, 2002; Busetto et al. Obes. Surg., 12:83-92, 2002; Mittermair et al. Obes. Surg., 1...

BACKGROUND The management of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) with respect to physician practices remains largely unexplored despite increasing efforts to standardize care. In the present study, we report findings from a 2-month audit of all patients that have undergone cardiac surgery at a large referral center in Atlantic Canada. METHODS All patients who underwent cardiac surgical proced...

PURPOSE To report complications in the management of complex closed proximal tibial fractures. METHOD A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the infectious and noninfectious complications encountered in the management of high-energy Schatzker type V and VI tibial plateau fractures. All patients were treated at the level 1 trauma centre between January 2011 and March 2014. Sixty two pa...

Gastric biopsies from 1477 participants in a chemoprevention trial for precancerous lesions of the stomach in Venezuela were evaluated for the prevalence of precancerous lesions and Helicobacter pylori infection. These study subjects were selected from participants in an early detection program for gastric cancer using double-contrast X-ray. Overall, 94% had some type of chronic gastritis (CG) ...