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Karen Ousey

Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.

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Polyhexamethylene biguanide and its antimicrobial role in wound healing: a narrative review

Subunit structure of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB). Schematic structure of mono-protonated PHMB with chloride as counter-ion (a) and monomers: hexamethylenediamine (b) and sodium dicyanamide (c).

Early identification of wound infection: understanding wound odour

The databases searched were PubMed, Cochrane, Google Scholar and Google Patents. The search was limited to published literature written in the English language. Search terms were identical for each of...

Wound healing and hyper-hydration: a counterintuitive model

Healing of the skin consists of four overlapping and integrated phases: haemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and remodelling.3 This initial haemostatic response is characterised by platelet...

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