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Examples of wounds? |
Lower limb wounds more common e.g diabetic ulcers |
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What prevents wounds from healing? |
Infection Can often become permenantly infected. Difficult to treat |
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What could increase the chances of infection? |
Alcoholism/malnutrition/diabetes/edema |
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What is the microbiology of wounds? |
Microflora changes overtime S.aureus and streptococcus GROUP B part of normal skin. However are a problem when they get into deeper tissues. |
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What happens to a wound after a month? |
Colonisation of facultative anaerobes GN rod like. E.g E.coli. After month - deeper structures affected as the wound deteriorates. ANAEROBES BECOME COMMON SO THE INFECTION IS POLYMICROBIAL. |
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What is Polymicrobial? |
Multiple bacteria causing disease |
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What is monobactria? |
Single organism causing disease |
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What can happen in the case of infection spreading to deeper tissue? |
It can spread to underlying muscles causing OSTEOMYELITIS. |
