Various agents have been applied topically to treat infected wounds for millennia, but their proper role remains unclear. Topical therapy affords many potential advantages but also has disadvantages. Opinions differ on which clinical signs define wound infection and on whether quantitative microbiological studies are useful. Clinically infected wounds usually require systemic antibiotic therapy...

For several years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been a treatment option for skin conditions such as nonmelanoma skin cancer. Recently, this technique has been studied for skin infections, particularly those in which biofilms have formed. The antibacterial, immunoregulatory, and regenerative effect of PDT may enable healing of antibioticresistant infections and infections at sites with limited...

Antibiotic therapy following surgical perianal abscess drainage is debated, but may be necessary for high-risk patients. Frailty has been shown to increase the risk of unfavorable outcomes in elderly This study aims identify patients by retrospectively analyzing a single-center cohort and using pretherapeutic score predict need postoperative antibiotics extended nursing care surgery. The sepsis...

Methods The IDCP was based on regular consultations by the ID specialist for practice recommendations of prophylaxis or targeted therapy prescriptions, driven by local antimicrobial resistance surveillance and clinical pharmacology parameters, together with antibiotic formulary restrictions; the activity also included weekly reassessment and feedback meetings with NS staff, and subsidiary telep...

Antepartum mastitis is a rare condition, whereas postpartum or lactation mastitis is a common problem. This report introduces a case of complicated bilateral antepartum mastitis, which was treated successfully by drain insertion and antibiotic therapy. The patient was a 23-year-old woman in the 23rd week of her first pregnancy. Her chief complaint was progressive swelling, redness and radicular...

antepartum mastitis is a rare condition, whereas postpartum or lactation mastitis is a common problem. this report introduces a case of complicated bilateral antepartum mastitis, which was treated successfully by drain insertion and antibiotic therapy. the patient was a 23-year-old woman in the 23 rd week of her first pregnancy. her chief complaint was progressive swelling, redness and radicula...