To evaluate our experience with fungal burn wound infection, we performed a 10-year review for comparison with our experience with bacterial burn wound infection. During the study period, a marked decline occurred in bacterial wound infection but not in fungal wound infection. Patients with either bacterial or fungal burn wound infection had massive injury, with burn size averaging greater than...

Because of a possible delayed wound healing, critical colonization and infection of wounds present a problem for surgeons, particularly in patients with compromised immune system or in case where the wound is heavy contaminated or poorly perfused. Molndal technique of wound dressing has proven to be effective in prevention of infection. In our study we wanted to describe the benefits of the app...

introduction and aims: acinetobacter baumannii in recent decay has become an increasing concern in hospitals for its ability to acquire antibiotic resistance determinants rapidly and becoming resistant to almost all of the antibiotic classes. borage (echium amoenum  fisch. et mey), is a wild annual plant of boraginaceae family, grows in northern mountains of iran and has largely been used by ir...

Infection has always been a feature of human life and sepsis in modern surgery continues to be a signifi cant problem for healthcare practitioners across the globe. This paper describes the factors that infl uence surgical wound healing and the risk of surgical site infection.

OBJECTIVE: To review the risk factors for surgical wound infection; the use of prophylactic antibiotics in the prevention of wound infection; and the benefits of wound surveillance programmes to reduce the rate of surgical wound infection. DATA SOURCES: Medline literature search and review of published work on surgical wound infection, and the references cited in them. STUDY SELECTION: Critical...

background : bacterial infections in burn and wound patients are common and difficult to control. the aim of the current study was to evaluate the ability of full length oprf to elicit the production of protective igg in mice burn wound sepsis model against p. aeruginosa infection. methods : oprf protein was expressed and purified by ni-nta. the purified protein as used to immunize balb/c mice....