Possible clinical implications and future directions of managing bacterial biofilms in cutaneous leishmaniasis wounds

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) lesions are chronic and result in disfiguring scars. The microbiological aspects of these wounds have not been systematically investigated. We have recently reported that 61.5% of CL wounds in a Sri Lankan cohort harboured bacterial biofilms, mainly composed of bacilli,...

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Autores principales: Kaluarachchi, T. D. Jayasena, Campbell, Paul M., Wickremasinghe, Renu, Ranasinghe, Shalindra, Yasewardene, Surangi, De Silva, Hiromel, McBain, Andrew J., Weerasekera, Manjula
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9414163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36028889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41182-022-00455-y