Active clinical trials for "Wound Infection"

12-week single-blind, prospective, randomized, controlled, pilot clinical trial assessing The MolecuLight i:X Imaging Device in chronic wounds. This device guides clinicians to inspect, sample, debride or further evaluate areas within or around a wound where potentially harmful bacteria appear under violet light illumination resulting in better overall care and accelerated surface area reduction compared to current standard care. The study aims to determine if this device aids in the healing of chronic wounds by reduction in size of wound compared to current standard of care.

The primary objective is to collect data on treatment outcomes (clinical and microbiological cure), safety and tolerability of treatment with cefoperazone/sulbactam in patients with serious intra-abdominal and hepatobiliary infections in Slovakia.

Infections that are caused by surgical incision are commonly known as surgical site infections (SSI). A surgical wound infection can develop at any time after surgery until the wound has healed (usually two to three weeks after the operation). Very occasionally, an infection can occur several months after an operation. About 5 in 100 patients develop SSI after hospital discharge. During the patient's stay in hospital, nurses routinely change their wound dressings to check for any signs of infection. However, since infections develop after patients leave hospital it is difficult for staff to monitor signs in patients' homes. In some hospitals, staff may contact patients in their homes to check on their wounds but most of the time it is not possible. The recent improvement in surgical operations means that more patients are discharged from hospital earlier than they would have been in the past even before their wounds are healed. Increasingly, patients develop SSI after leaving hospital particularly among the more vulnerable high risk groups. Signs of SSI may not always be recognised by the patient and delays in seeking care leads to serious infection-related complications. The investigators wish to fit a device onto the patients' personal mobile phone camera lens. This will allow patients to take pictures of their wound routinely at home submit images automatically to a computer at the hospital for analysis. Staff at the hospital will alert the patient if the results strongly that indicate signs of infection and an appropriate treatment plan put into place for you. This type of technology has never been used in this application before so, the investigators plan in this study to find out whether it can accurately detect early signs of wound infections and whether it is easy to use, acceptable to the patient and their health care professionals. A total of 40 patients will be invited to take part in the study over a period of 12 months.

The goal of the study is to compare whether an integrated model of care between Foot Wound and Diabetes Clinic with use of remote glucose monitoring technology (Intervention Arm), as compared with usual care without the use of remote glucose monitoring technology (Control Arm), will result in 1) improved glycemic control, 2) improved ulcer and wound healing, 3) improved patient reported outcomes (PROs), 4) reduced long-term healthcare resource utilization, and 5) improved adherence to anti-glycemic therapy for patients with DFUWI and poor glycemic control over the course of a 6-month intervention period.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel combination of biomarkers, pH/HNE/MPO, in detecting wound infection using the clinical judgement at 4 weeks as a standard of reference which will include a wound biopsy.

Extremity wounds and fractures constitute the majority of war-associated traumatic injuries, both for civilians and combatants. War-associated injuries are often contaminated with foreign material, leading to infection. Wound infections is considered a major risk to life and restoration of function in war-wounded patients surviving past the first hours. In a cohort study the investigators aim to assess whether the infection itself affects patient outcome (i.e. amputation, death) when comparing patients with and patients without infection.

The aim of this study is to systematically explore the perioperative presence of P acnes in all layers of sternal wound incision as well as contamination of graft material and prosthetic valves during primary operation. Secondly, to compare if different regimes of antibiotics affects the bacterial growth. Cultures will be taken from the skin, subcutaneous, and from the implanted valve prostheses with a rayon swab.Graft and Felt material will, after being pressed subcutaneous for 15 sec, placed into prepared sterile bottles containing broth for aerobe and anaerobe cultures. Surgical gloves will be cultured.

The medical literature does not provide sufficient information or recommendation regarding the optimal time to remove the staples and the bandage after a cesarean section. The goal of this study is to compare 5 groups of patients: staple removal on POD 4 and dressing removal on Post Operative Day (POD)1 staple removal on POD 4 and dressing removal on Post Operative Day (POD)4 staple removal on POD 7 and dressing removal on Post Operative Day (POD)1 staple removal on POD 7 and dressing removal on Post Operative Day (POD)7 staple removal on POD 4 and dressing removal on Post Operative Day (POD)7 Since there is no definite protocol for staple and dressing removal, we will adapt the above protocol each for a 3-4 month period of time. Patients will be contacted to either return for a follow up visit or to answer a telephone survey.

The primary objective of this study is to detect differences in anti-S. aureus antibody assays (IgM, IgA, IgG and its subclasses) between (1) a group of patients with bacteremia due to a chronic wound (cases) and (2) a group of patients with localized chronic wound infections (control).

This is an observational study to evaluate the relative importance of the known risk factors for severe surgical site infections (SSIs) on the development of the more severe SSI cases, and to describe the demographic, clinical features, etiology and the management and outcome of patients suffering from severe SSIs in Spain.