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Management of a difficult-to-heal chronic wound infected with methycillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in a patient with psoriasis following a complex knee surgery.

Bhattacharyya M, Bradley H

University Hospital Lewisham, London. mayukhbhattacharyya@hotmail.com

This report presents the difficulties encountered in managing a wound colonized with methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) following a complex knee surgery in an elderly female patient with generalized psoriasis. The patient's chronic wound was successfully treated with nanocrystalline silver-releasing dressings (Acticoat). The patient did not develop a deep-seated infection, nor was removal of the implant needed. However, the wound infection persisted for 6 months. At 3 years follow-up, the patient has satisfactory skin over the implant on the knee.

Published 15 May 2006 in Int J Low Extrem Wounds, 5(2): 105-8.
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