Antimicrobials and Non-healing Wounds Evidence, controversies and suggestions.
Non-healing wounds are a significant problem for health-care systems worldwide. In the industrialised world, almost 1-1.5% of the population will have a problem wound at any one time. Furthermore, wound management is expensive; in Europe, the average cost per episode is 6650 euros for leg ulcers and 10 000 euros for foot ulcers, and wound management accounts for 2-4% of health-care budgets. These figures are expected to rise along with an increased elderly and diabetic population.1-4.
Professor of Surgery, Chair of Antimicrobial Document author group.
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D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017719:Diabetic Foot; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D014945:Wound Healing
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents