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Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance
It is now a universally acknowledged fact that maggot therapy can be used successfully to treat chronic, long-standing, infected wounds, which have previously failed to respond to conventional treatment. Such wounds are typically characterized by the presence of necrotic tissue, underlying infection...
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2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16786052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel021 |
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author | Nigam, Yamni Bexfield, Alyson Thomas, Stephen Ratcliffe, Norman Arthur |
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description | It is now a universally acknowledged fact that maggot therapy can be used successfully to treat chronic, long-standing, infected wounds, which have previously failed to respond to conventional treatment. Such wounds are typically characterized by the presence of necrotic tissue, underlying infection and poor healing. Maggot therapy employs the use of freshly emerged, sterile larvae of the common green-bottle fly, Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata, and is a form of artificially induced myiasis in a controlled clinical situation. In this review article, we will discuss the role of maggots and their preparation for clinical use. Maggot therapy has the following three core beneficial effects on a wound: debridement, disinfection and enhanced healing. In part I we explore our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying these effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-14759422006-06-19 Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance Nigam, Yamni Bexfield, Alyson Thomas, Stephen Ratcliffe, Norman Arthur Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Reviews It is now a universally acknowledged fact that maggot therapy can be used successfully to treat chronic, long-standing, infected wounds, which have previously failed to respond to conventional treatment. Such wounds are typically characterized by the presence of necrotic tissue, underlying infection and poor healing. Maggot therapy employs the use of freshly emerged, sterile larvae of the common green-bottle fly, Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata, and is a form of artificially induced myiasis in a controlled clinical situation. In this review article, we will discuss the role of maggots and their preparation for clinical use. Maggot therapy has the following three core beneficial effects on a wound: debridement, disinfection and enhanced healing. In part I we explore our current understanding of the mechanisms underlying these effects. Oxford University Press 2006-06 2006-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC1475942/ /pubmed/16786052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel021 Text en © The Author (2006). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved |
spellingShingle | Reviews Nigam, Yamni Bexfield, Alyson Thomas, Stephen Ratcliffe, Norman Arthur Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance |
title | Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance |
title_full | Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance |
title_fullStr | Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance |
title_full_unstemmed | Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance |
title_short | Maggot Therapy: The Science and Implication for CAM Part I—History and Bacterial Resistance |
title_sort | maggot therapy: the science and implication for cam part i—history and bacterial resistance |
topic | Reviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475942/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16786052 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel021 |
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