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Scientists use cow gut enzyme to disrupt bacterial biofilms
pneumoniae biofilm-associated infections." The researchers are now planning on incorporating the enzyme in something wearable, like a wound dressing. "For local infections, specifically skin ...
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Xylazine wounds are a growing crisis among drug users in Philly − a nurse explains potential causes and proper treatment
Before xylazine, most of the wounds we treated were skin infections like abscesses ... forming what we call a biofilm. Bacterial biofilms embed in and around the necrotic tissue and form ...
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Imbed Biosciences Announces FDA IDE Approval for Silver-Gallium Synthetic Antimicrobial Matrix Clinical Study with Human Donor Site Wounds
"The prevalence of biofilms in non-healing wounds is estimated ... lidocaine for effecting local anesthetic action in painful skin wounds. Imbed’s synthetic matrix, with its porous architecture ...
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Xylazine wounds are a growing crisis among drug users in Philly − a nurse explains potential causes and proper treatment
Bacterial biofilms embed in and around the ... and in areas without skin to hold all this fluid in – like these wounds – there is going to be a lot of drainage. In a xylazine-associated ...
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Xylazine wounds are a growing crisis among drug users in Philly − a nurse explains potential causes and proper treatment
So we use strong antimicrobial ointments inside the wound that disrupt this biofilm, in addition to treating infections with antibiotics as they arise. Moisture management: Our bodies are 70% water, ...