The result is a wound dressing that turns blue when there is an infection. Wound infections are often treated with antibiotics that spread throughout the body. But if the infection is detected at ...

Healing of chronic wounds requires sterile conditions and avoidance of infections. But methods for detecting the "bioburden," or quantity and types of bacteria present, are imperfect. Semiquantitative ...

Up to 5% of people who have surgery can develop an infection — which can prolong healing and lead to dangerous complications, studies have shown. Additionally, chronic wounds affect around 6.5 ...

Scientists may soon turn to bacteria originally found in feces to help cure chronic wounds more quickly. An open wound, for ...

It's ironic that in order to check if a wound is becoming ... whole dressing will be visibly blue to the naked eye, alerting caregivers to the beginning of an infection. That said, in an effort ...

This occurs because bacteria optimize the conditions of their surrounding environment ... The resulting dressing turns from yellow to blue if the wound becomes infected. Detecting infections in their ...

Almost all such wounds contain bacteria, which—if not detected and removed—can lead to severe infection and resulting complications, including amputation if a limb is involved. This is ...

Complicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study on humans, researchers at Uppsala University show ...

If bacteria or other pathogens enter a wound, an infection can occur. Symptoms or signs of wound infection include increasing pain, swelling, and redness. More severe infections may cause nausea ...