University of Manchester researchers are ridding diabetic patients of the superbug MRSA - by treating their foot ulcers with maggots. Professor Andrew Boulton and his team used green bottle fly larvae ...

Medical researchers are ridding diabetic patients of the superbug MRSA -- by treating their foot ulcers with maggots. The scientists used green bottle fly larvae to treat 13 diabetic patients whose ...

A plastic surgeon recently visited our VA long-term care nursing home (no IV services or respirators) to see, in consultation, a resident with a pressure ulcer on the leg that was colonized with ...

Invasive systemic infection is a major complication of diabetic foot ulcers and is associated with increased mortality, according to data from a retrospective cohort study. Researchers recommend ...

University of Manchester researchers are ridding diabetic patients of the superbug MRSA - by treating their foot ulcers with maggots. Professor Andrew Boulton and his team used green bottle fly larvae ...

Multilevel antibacterial effects that considerably reduce the chances of developing resistance, since this effect of silver is thought to be due to blockage of respiratory enzyme pathways and ...

BOSTON--With antibiotic resistance on the rise, the need for new therapies to combat dangerous bacterial infections like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a major public health ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a bacterium that causes infection in various parts of the body, is often called a “superbug” thanks to its ability to dodge ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious bacterial infection that is resistant to most antibiotic treatments. Healing is possible but severe infections may become chronic or ...

3 Department of Experimental & Diagnostic Medicine, General Pathology Section, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Inflammation (ICSI) & Emilia Romagna Laboratory BioPharmaNet, University of ...