TY - JOUR
T1 - Current and advanced therapies for chronic wound infection
T2 - An overview of chronic wounds, including their physiology, causes and management options
AU - Hoang, Thi Phuong Nga
AU - Ghori, Muhammad Usman
AU - Ousey, Karen
AU - Conway, Barbara
PY - 2022/7/15
Y1 - 2022/7/15
N2 - A wound is any injury that disrupts the structure of healthy skin tissue caused by chemical, mechanical, biological or thermal trauma. Wounds can be classified as acute or chronic, depending on their period of healing[1]. Acute wounds usually heal without complication within ten days; however, chronic wounds do not undergo normal healing processes, commonly have exaggerated inflammation, persistent infections or microbial biofilm formation and persist longer than six weeks[2–4]. The most frequent underlying causes of chronic wounds are pressure, diabetes and vascular diseases.
AB - A wound is any injury that disrupts the structure of healthy skin tissue caused by chemical, mechanical, biological or thermal trauma. Wounds can be classified as acute or chronic, depending on their period of healing[1]. Acute wounds usually heal without complication within ten days; however, chronic wounds do not undergo normal healing processes, commonly have exaggerated inflammation, persistent infections or microbial biofilm formation and persist longer than six weeks[2–4]. The most frequent underlying causes of chronic wounds are pressure, diabetes and vascular diseases.
KW - Chronic wound
KW - Wound care
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137915114&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1211/PJ.2022.1.148212
DO - 10.1211/PJ.2022.1.148212
M3 - Article
VL - 309
JO - Pharmaceutical Journal
JF - Pharmaceutical Journal
SN - 0031-6873
IS - 7963
ER -
