title: Case 17: intravenous drug user injection-site wound.
abstract: This patient presented with a painful, malodorous, infected wound on his right leg, which was also his main heroin injection site. Following treatment with octenilin Wound Irrigation Solution and a superabsorbent dressing, within 3 weeks all of the symptoms of infection and non-healing had gone.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Independent Specialist in Tissue Viability, South Tees NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007097:Imines; D008297:Male; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012828:Silicones; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D007097:Imines; D011725:Pyridines; D012828:Silicones; C034213:octenidine