Wound Management News

In a historical, prospective study, researchers found a significant risk of opportunistic infections during the first year after pemphigus diagnosis, more so in older patients, and possibly also in diabetic patients.

Limb-salvage procedures in patients with multiple limb injuries had similar outcomes compared with single-limb-injured patients despite a significantly higher injury severity score, according to study results.

Treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis with one dose of etanercept helped patients reach complete reepithelialization, indicating that targeting tumor necrosis factor-alpha may be an effective control for the syndrome.

Systemic therapy with liposomal amphotericin B resulted in a considerably shorter duration of Leishmania tropica in children than treatment with pentavalent antimony, according to study findings.

White & Blue Lion has voluntarily recalled all lots of its tattoo inks and tattoo needles due to pathogenic bacterial contamination.

Researchers identified four principal skin patterns of manifestation for parvovirus B19: exanthema, acral gloves-and-socks, periflexural and vasculitis, according to a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Although posaconazole therapy demonstrated antitrypanosomal activity in the treatment of Chagas’ disease, patients experienced more treatment failure during follow-up than when traditional benznidazole therapy was used.

Most skin and soft tissue infections are minor and heal on their own or are easily treated without antibiotics, according to new practices guidelines published by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Home care nurses had difficulty achieving desired subbandage pressure when treating patients with venous leg ulcers, resulting in inadequate compression therapy, according to a study.

Deep cutaneous fungal infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of nonspecific cutaneous lesions with aligning histopathology regardless of a negative skin tissue culture, according to researchers.