At the 27th conference of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA), which was held in Amsterdam on May 3–5, 2017, a joint symposium was held between EWMA and the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. The symposium was organised into two sessions. The first focused specifically...
This update provides an opportunity to explore contemporary advances in wound infection knowledge and practice. Since 2008, scientific and clinical understanding of chronic wound infection has developed significantly. In particular, awareness of the presence and impact of wound biofilm has advanced...
Antimicrobial and multi-drug resistance loom large on the global healthcare landscape, in particular in the treatment of chronic, hard-toheal wounds where current figures put the presence of biofilm in 60%–100% of non-healing wounds. While the role that biofilm play in the chronicity of wounds is...
Wound healing is a complex process that can be interrupted or impaired by a variety of factors. This article will focus on the microbial bioburden in chronic wounds. The classic signs of infection may not be obvious in patients who are immunocompromised, such as people with diabetes mellitus, those...
Wound healing is a complex process that can be interrupted or impaired by a variety of factors. This article will focus on the microbial bioburden in chronic wounds. The classic signs of infection may not be obvious in patients who are immunocompromised, such as people with diabetes mellitus, those...
The World Health Organization (WHO)’s 2014 report on global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance reveals that antibiotic resistance is no longer a prediction for the future; it is happening now, across the world. This has been driven by antibiotic overuse in humans and food-producing animals,...
The typical diagnosis of skin infection in patients with lymphoedema includes erysipelas and cellulitis, but the true picture is more complex with the possibility of secondary complications such as lymphadenitis (adeno-lymphangitis) and lymphangitis. The recent description of acute infammatory...
The typical diagnosis of skin infection in patients with lymphoedema includes erysipelas and cellulitis, but the true picture is more complex with the possibility of secondary complications such as lymphadenitis (adeno-lymphangitis) and lymphangitis. The recent description of acute inflammatory...
In this practical guide, Rose Cooper offers tips for when and how to take a wound swab, using an established technique.
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Biofilms are found in most natural environments and are probably the most common form of microbial existence. They are relatively stable, three-dimensional communities of microbial cells encased in a complex mixture of extracellular polymers. Biofilms normally form at interfaces after adherence of...
Biofilms are surface-attached microbial communities with characteristic architecture and phenotypic and biochemical properties distinct from their planktonic counterparts. One of the best-known of these biofilmspecific properties is the development of antibiotic resistance that can be up to...
This review provides a summary of the literature on the antimicrobial and clinical effects of silver sulphadiazine, and, on emerging patterns of resistance. This will, by nature of the two components, require separate focus on both silver and on the sulphonamide sulphadiazine. Silver has become a...
