Microbial biofilm: a review on formation, infection, antibiotic resistance, control measures, and innovative treatment

S Sharma, J Mohler, SD Mahajan, SA Schwartz… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biofilm is complex and consists of bacterial colonies that reside in an exopolysaccharide
matrix that attaches to foreign surfaces in a living organism. Biofilm frequently leads to …

Rational design of immunomodulatory hydrogels for chronic wound healing

M Kharaziha, A Baidya, N Annabi - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With all the advances in tissue engineering for construction of fully functional skin tissue,
complete regeneration of chronic wounds is still challenging. Since immune reaction to the …

Multifunctional magnesium organic framework-based microneedle patch for accelerating diabetic wound healing

M Yin, J Wu, M Deng, P Wang, G Ji, M Wang, C Zhou… - Acs Nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Diabetic wound healing is one of the major challenges in the biomedical fields. The
conventional single drug treatments have unsatisfactory efficacy, and the drug delivery …

Nanomaterials and nanomaterials-based drug delivery to promote cutaneous wound healing

T Liu, Y Lu, R Zhan, W Qian, G Luo - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Various factors could damage the structure and integrity of skin to cause wounds.
Nonhealing or chronic wounds seriously affect the well-being of patients and bring heavy …

Challenges in healing wound: role of complementary and alternative medicine

P Monika, MN Chandraprabha, A Rangarajan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although the word wound sounds like a simple injury to tissue, individual's health status and
other inherent factors may make it very complicated. Hence, wound healing has gained …

Moist wound healing with commonly available dressings

K Nuutila, E Eriksson - Advances in wound care, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Significance: A moist wound environment has several benefits that result in faster and better
quality of healing. It facilitates autolytic debridement, reduces pain, reduces scarring …

Treatment strategies for infected wounds

I Negut, V Grumezescu, AM Grumezescu - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The treatment of skin wounds is a key research domain owing to the important functional
and aesthetic role of this tissue. When the skin is impaired, bacteria can soon infiltrate into …

Advanced drug delivery systems and artificial skin grafts for skin wound healing

HS Kim, X Sun, JH Lee, HW Kim, X Fu… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cutaneous injuries, especially chronic wounds, burns, and skin wound infection, require
painstakingly long-term treatment with an immense financial burden to healthcare systems …

Biofilm exacerbates antibiotic resistance: Is this a current oversight in antimicrobial stewardship?

P Bowler, C Murphy, R Wolcott - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Objective To raise awareness of the role of environmental biofilm in the emergence and
spread of antibiotic resistance and its consideration in antimicrobial stewardship …

A flexible multiplexed immunosensor for point-of-care in situ wound monitoring

Y Gao, DT Nguyen, T Yeo, SB Lim, WX Tan… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Chronic wounds arise from interruption of normal healing due to many potential
pathophysiological factors. Monitoring these multivariate factors can provide personalized …