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…
New data indicate that the global annual prevalence of pressure ulcers in SCI-persons is 32.4% (Shiferaw et al. 2020). When a pressure ulcer is severe and not treated aggressively it can lead to further disability (e.g., reduced mobility, dependence, surgical intervention, amputation, fatal infection; Krause 1998). It has…
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…
Amicapsil was evaluated in a clinical audit at Bristol University Hospital on 9 dehisced surgical wounds and a category 4 pressure ulcer. Several of the wounds displayed more than 40% slough and signs of local infection. Amicapsil rapidly lifted the slough off and facilitated a rapid build-up of…
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…
A 74-year-old lady had received very high doses of radiotherapy 35 years ago to treat cervical cancer. This had created an abscess which 35 years later, in March 2017, revealed itself as a sizeable patch of eschar (dry, black necrosis) on the right side of the lower back…
Chlorhexidine binds strongly to the skin and tissues. Chlorhexidine is cytotoxic to fibroblasts which are the creators of the connective tissue essential to wound healing. It is toxic to human tissue cells at the same concentrations it is toxic to bacteria. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3238890 Chlorhexidine’s activity lasts at least 48…
The components of MPPT are approved food supplements without any known cytotoxicity. MPPT has been shown to cause no wound irritation, sensitisation or bleeding. MPPT is not absorbed by the body and can be rinsed off by irrigation with water or wiped off with a moist swab. It…
No. MPPT consists of microspheres. Nano is 1000 times smaller than micro.
MPPT sucks the exudate fluid away from the wound surface by means of capillary forces. Capillary forces automatically stop the sucking action as soon as there is no longer any excess fluid present because air will enter the system and break the continuous water column. Consequently, the suction…