When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be more important ...

Drains are commonly used after spine surgery to help decrease wound drainage and potentially reduce infection rates, but according to a recently published study, when drain use was combined with ...

Numbing a wound on infected skin ? Incision and drainage on already infected skin structures can always be uncomfortable for the patient. Incision and drainage procedures on ...

Osteomyelitis is an infection in your bone. Osteomyelitis in your foot or ankle often develops because you have a wound on your foot that isn’t healing. You can develop osteomyelitis even if you can’t ...

Managing challenging wounds has long been a hard test for many long-term care providers. And when wounds become infected with multi-drug resistant organisms, caregivers may find it’s a bit like adding ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

These facts are in keeping with the general impression gained from the current medical literature and recent meetings — namely, that the number of patients with malignant forms of staphylococcal ...

The monsoons themselves have unique health issues, particularly for diabetics, even though they offer respite from the intense summer heat. The ideal conditions for infection are increased humidity, a ...

When it comes to curing skin infected with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), timely and proper wound cleaning and draining may be more important ...