A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that happens where you had surgery. SSIs happen in 2% to 4% of people who ...

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.

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 ...

A variety of aerobic as well as anaerobic organisms have been isolated from bite wounds, with infection ranging from localized cellulitis to systemic dissemination, leading to severe disease ...

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 ...

Andie Proskus has chronic health conditions, including open wounds, an ongoing infection. Even though it's hard, she gives ...

Manitoba woman set to lose right leg after languishing in hospital bed with open wound Once she finally got to HSC, Milburn went under the knife for another infection, but due to the long delay ...