Four year old Great Dane female developed happy tail on Dec. 4th. The owner sought to protect and treat the wound with standard of care, but the tail did not heal. On January 25’th, part of the tail was amputated and the dog was prescribed antibiotics (Cefpodoxime (Simplicef)…
Difference between acute and chronic osteomyelitis (bone infection) Acute osteomyelitis is usually detectable two weeks after infection has taken place. Only inflammation is seen. If acute osteomyelitis is detected and acted upon urgently, and if the antibiotics provided are effective against the infective microbe - i.e. if the…
At the time of starting treatment with Amicapsil-SCI, the pressure ulcer had been observed approximately two weeks earlier. The treatment use prior to Amicapsil-SCI was irrigation with saline, disinfection with Vashe, Medihoney in the wound bed, and covered with a Medipore dressing. Signs of a minor infection was…
Wounds, Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance When a wound does not heal by itself, it is due to an infection. The severity of the infection depends, among other things, on the type of infection and on how old the wound is, i.e. how much the infection has been able…
Currently, there are 278 million annual wound dressing changes in UK primary care. Most dressing changes include the use of wound cleaning solutions and dressings, which for infected wounds frequently contain chemical antimicrobials such as e.g. polyaminopropyl biguanide aka polyhexamethylene biguanide aka PHMB aka polyhexanide aka polihexanide, chlorhexidine,…
MPPT reverses wound regression caused by the antiseptic PHMB Amicapsil was used on this wound for 4 months from late June to mid-October and had been able to remove a wound infection and advance the healing of the wound. Please refer to the case report “35 year old…
See publication in WOUNDS here. Objective The purpose of the study was to evaluate the wound healing effects of MPPT and to compare it to antibiotics and antiseptics. The study included a wide range of wounds and ulcers, which were severely colonised to infected. The comparators were a…
See publication The purpose was to evaluate the ability of MPPT to reduce the time to reaching a clean wound and to achieve wound closure in a pre-clinical wound model. A wound was induced in the rat by administering 1 ml 10% calcium chloride solution into the subcutaneous…
The UN predicts that antibiotic-resistant infections could kill 10 million people globally by 2050. Former chancellor, George Osborne in 2016 warned that apart from the consequences for human health, there will be an ‘enormous economic cost’ predicting a global reduction in GDP up to 3.5 per cent –…
A dog had a 1.4 cm dia. atheroma surgically removed from tail. 10 days later stitches were removed, but the OP site was lightly infected. The owners were instructed to wash with chlorhexidine shampoo and dress the wound daily. 5 days later, the OP wound showed light superficial…