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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Wound infections"”.
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Presence and Role of Acanthamoeba in Wound Infections
… resistant pathogens associated with deep wound infections which then may cause septicaemia. Treatment is problematic and re-infection is quite common. Free Living Amoebae (FLA), such as Acanthamoeba, are widely distributed in the environment and may also contaminate wounds. It is well …
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Antibacterial activity of polyunsaturated fatty acids related to chronic wound infections
Wound infections present major health problems worldwide. It has been revealed thatbacterial biofilm communities frequently colonise chronic wounds.Biofilms with Multidrugresistant organisms (MDRO) such as Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are increasingly …
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The effectiveness of the commecialisation of water supply: A case study of Olympia,Chilenje and Ng'ombe townships of Lusaka
… infection among burn patients, in-hospital burn wound infections and mortality. Patients and Methods: A prospective observational cohort, hospital-based study was performed at the UTH, Lusaka, Zambia between November 2009 and November 2010. Patients with recent burns (less than 24 hours old) who …
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The effectiveness of the commecialisation of water supply: A case study of Olympia,Chilenje and Ng'ombe townships of Lusaka
… infection among burn patients, in-hospital burn wound infections and mortality. Patients and Methods: A prospective observational cohort, hospital-based study was performed at the UTH, Lusaka, Zambia between November 2009 and November 2010. Patients with recent burns (less than 24 hours old) who …
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The development of smart-bandage technologies
Healthcare associated infections of wound sites are a complex problem with substantial effects on patient morbidity and financial ramifications to healthcare bodies. The increasing interest in novel diagnostic strategies and preventing infections have led to an incursion of research into the topic. …
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Κλινική, εργαστηριακή και επιδημιολογική μελέτη των διαπυήσεων των χειρουργικών τραυμάτων σε γενική χειρουργική κλινική
… in order to determine the rate of occurring wound infections and the factors which affect the above rate in a total of 1404 operations, the total infection rate was 342%, while the rate for clean surgical wounds was 2.06%. The duration of operation and the patients age were found to be …
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Post cardiac surgery sternal wound sepsis burden, risk factors and outcomes at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: a five-year experience
Purpose Sternal wound infection (SWI) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality in postoperative cardiac patients. We aimed to describe the burden, risk factors and outcomes of SWI in post-operative paediatric cardiac patients at a tertiary children's hospital. Methods We conducted a …
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Repurposing Antibacterial Compounds and Natural Products to Combat Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
… shrinking treatment options for life-threatening infections. Among the most concerning pathogens are vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), which causes serious bloodstream, urinary tract, and wound infections, particularly in hospitalized patients. This thesis explores two complementary …
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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS APITHERAPY AND OTHER POTENTIAL ALTERNATIVES TO ANTIBIOTICS
… be clinically evaluated for the treatment of wounds and indolent ulcers which are infected with bacteria, notably MRSA. In relation to maggot therapy, evidence is provided to support the anti-Mycobacterium activity of Calliphora quadrimaculata maggot gases; unfortunately, attempts to isolate …
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy - Effects on Sternotomy Wounds and the Intrathoracic Organs
Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has been widely adopted for the treatment of deep sternal wound infections due to its excellent clinical outcome. However, the mechanisms of action and effects on hemodynamics have not been thoroughly elucidated. The aims of the work presented in this thesis …
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Impact of environmental conditions on expression levels of resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps and outer membrane porins in Acinetobacter baumannii
… meningitis, peritonitis, urinary tract infections and, in particular, wound infections in soldiers. One of the major reasons for A. baumannii success as a human pathogen is attributed to a tremendous potential of this organism for development of the multidrug resistant phenotype (MDR). …
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Comparative Whole-genome and Phenotype Analyses of Virulence Factors and Lethality in Nematode Challenge Assay among Aeromonas isolates
… diseases vertebrate hosts such as diarrhea and wound-infections in humans and motile <em>Aeromonas</em> septicemia in fish. Although many virulence factors have been described, determining which factors are most important in pathogenesis is ongoing. To examine this further, the genomes of five …
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Important role of the type VI secretion system in the virulence of an emergent human pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila: Delineating the mechanism of action of its effectors
… human diseases, including gastroenteritis, wound infections and septicemia. In this study, we characterized the new type 6 secretion system (T6SS) from isolate SSU of A. hydrophila and demonstrated its role in bacterial virulence. We have provided evidence that the T6SS is independent of …
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Studies of Three Human Intestinal Opportunistic Pathogens
… some of these organisms can be involved in wound infections, septicemia, urinary tract infections, and meningitis. This study focused on three areas: 1) Analysis of differences in gene expression between Bacteroides and Escherichia coli, in order to learn more about promoter structure, 2) …
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Role of new virulence mechanisms/factors (type 3 secretion system and TOX-R regulated lipoprotein [TAGA]) in the pathogenesis of the emerging human pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila
… bacterium that causes gastroenteritis, wound infections, septicemia, and other diseases in humans, produces many different virulence factors. A clinical isolate SSU of A. hydrophila possesses a cytotoxic enterotoxin Act, a potent virulence factor that is secreted into the environment …
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Monoclonal and phage-displayed antibodies as lipopolysaccharide serotyping reagents and their use in typing colony variants of Vibrio vulnificus
… bacterium is capable of causing gastroenteritis, wound infections, and septicemia, often resulting in death for susceptible individuals. Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to five lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-serovars have previously been used as a serotyping system in epidemiological studies. Here is the …
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Paediatric and Adolescent civilian gunshot injuries: a 10 year epidemiological study
… outcomes. Results: The number of gunshot wounds(GSW) in the observational record showed an increasing trend of +2.69 (95%CI 1.05 – 4.33) patients per year with a total of 236 patients affected. There was a male predominance (56.8%), with the largest age group affected being children aged …
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Patient safety : evaluation of the impact of nursing hours per patient day staffing method in Western Australia
… were central nervous system (CNS) complications, wound infections, pulmonary failure, urinary tract infection, pressure ulcer, pneumonia, deep vein thrombosis, ulcer, gastritis and upper gastrointestinal bleed, sepsis, physiologic/metabolic derangement, shock/cardiac arrest, mortality, failure to …
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THE EFFECT OF INTRAWOUND VANCOMYCIN POWDER ON SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS IN POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL ARTHRODESES
… spinal arthrodesis and received intrawound vancomycin powder prior to closure and compared their acute, deep infection rate to 371 consecutive patients from Oct. 2008 to Apr. 2005 who underwent posterior spinal instrumented arthrodesis and did not receive intrawound vancomycin. We …
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