Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called "flesh-eating bacteria," can have horrifying and even fatal effects on humans. Symptoms, how ...

Wound infections are a major problem for healthcare systems worldwide. Infections cause patients to remain in the hospital longer., which increases healthcare expenses and negatively impacts their ...

Most cases of black toenails aren’t serious, but often require treatment. If you have pain, swelling, or inflammation that’s ...

Newsweek spoke to the centenarian's grandson who said that the hospital was compared to "hell" back in the 1920s.

Two women are suing a former Wyoming cosmetic surgeon and others on claims they were left mutilated and disfigured. One ...

With a bunch of diagnostic dead ends piling up, the doctors broadened their view of possibilities, newly considering cancers, ...

A new report from Future Market Insights exposes the scale of this overlooked opportunity. The global wound healing nutrition market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 6.3%, reaching USD 3.95 billion by ...

The included population encompasses patients of any age and gender undergoing any surgical procedure utilising sutures to close the wound. The intervention studied is the use of triclosan-coated ...

KEYWORDS: Surgical Site Infection, Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis, Guideline Adherence, Antibiotic Stewardship, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Infection Control, SSI Risk Factors JOURNAL NAME: ...

KEYWORDS: Surgical Site Infection, Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis, Guideline Adherence, Antibiotic Stewardship, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Infection Control, SSI Risk Factors JOURNAL NAME: ...

A surgical site infection is an infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where the surgery took place. This could include redness of the wound and/or a discharge of pus, which, if ...

In addition, the relatively short follow-up makes it impossible to determine if treatment had an impact on recurrence, treatment failure or re-infection, especially in chronic skin conditions.