Antimicrobial ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin B and bacitracin have been used since the 1950s as a prescription product to prevent superficial wound infections and have been made ...

Postpartum perineal infection is most often associated with ... are commonly treated with expectant management and perineal wound care, such as frequent sitz baths and meticulous attention to ...

Oil-based substances, such as petroleum jelly, appear to disrupt this important process, and might increase the risk of wound infection, they say in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

and The University of Manchester has been awarded more than £1.74 million to develop a new type of wound dressing which could prevent wound infection and help improve healing. Professor Jason Wong, ...

Heart infections, blood and bone infections and ... a life-threatening medical emergency. Proper wound care is essential to ensuring cellulitis does not spread or become a recurrence.

For patients with diabetes undergoing a surgical procedure, an active perioperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor a ...

And surgical wounds in developing countries are about ... Taylor] found a much simpler solution that could drive down the infection rate. She used beets to develop color-changing sutures that ...

Through the course of the war, physicians had to learn how to judge the severity of the wound, recognize the potential for serious infection, and decide on the best course of treatment ...

The researchers also looked at some specific complications: wound re-opening, hematoma, bleeding and infection. They found ...

Cotton gauze is one of the most common wound dressings; it's inexpensive, readily available, comfortable and biocompatible.