BATH, England, Nov. 16 (UPI) --Testing for infection with burn patients can be slow and increases the risk for further infection. A wound dressing that reacts to infection by changing color could help ...

Immediately following severe burns, bacteria reach the wound from different sources, including the patient's skin, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tracts and health care-related human contact.

THE pseudomonas group of bacteria is composed of gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile organisms that characteristically produce a water-soluble pigment. They occur widely in nature. The type species ...

A new method for detection of infection in wounds could take physicians less than a minute to complete, rather than the current 24 hours it takes for diagnosis. A new method for detection of infection ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Chatter between bacterial cells may stall healing of skin wounds, and sabotaging that chitchat could offer another way to battle infection, new research suggests. Making ...

Few hospital-acquired infections are as antibiotic-resistant as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This opportunistic germ has earned a reputation for beating nearly every drug in the doctor’s arsenal. It ...

Biofilms are aggregates of microbial cells bound to a surface and are capable of making an extra-cellular polymer matrix. They can be found in 90% of chronic wound infections. The microorganisms ...

A new method for detection of infection in wounds could take physicians less than a minute to complete, rather than the current 24 hours it takes to plate bacteria and leave it to incubate overnight, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — The use of a single definition for surgical wound infection can influence changes in wound infection ...