In vitro antibacterial activity of Western Australian honeys, and manuka honey, against bacteria implicated in impetigo
In this study we evaluated the potential for honey as an alternative treatment for impetigo. A broth microdilution assay in 96-well microtitre trays was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of six monofloral honeys (jarrah, marri, red bell, banksia, wandoo, and manuka), a multifloral honey and artificial honey against S. aureus (n = 10), S. pyogenes (n = 10), and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) (n = 10). The optical density (OD) of all microtitre tray wells was also determined before and after assay incubation to analyse whether sub-MIC growth inhibition occurred. Jarrah, marri, red bell, ...
Source: Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice - July 22, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Ayushi Chhawchharia Robbie R Haines Kathryn J Green Timothy C Barnett Asha C Bowen Katherine A Hammer Source Type: research
Use of granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis in dermatology (Review)
Exp Ther Med. 2022 Jun 24;24(2):536. doi: 10.3892/etm.2022.11463. eCollection 2022 Aug.ABSTRACTAdsorptive granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) is an extracorporeal treatment that selectively removes activated myeloid lineage leukocytes from peripheral blood. This technique consists of a column with cellulose acetate beads as absorptive leukocytapheresis carriers, and was initially used to treat ulcerative colitis. A literature search was conducted to extract recently published studies about the clinical efficacy of GMA in patients with different skin disorders, reporting information on demographics, clinical symptoms, ...
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - July 15, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Laura Gnesotto Guido Mioso Mauro Alaibac Source Type: research
Bullous Tinea Pedis
A woman in her 70s presented with a skin eruption on the left dorsal foot that had developed spontaneously 2 weeks before. The rash initially appeared with pruritic papules that evolved to fluid-filled blisters and persisted despite self-treatment with topical hydrocortisone 1% cream and antibiotic ointment. Examination revealed an erythematous plaque with tense and denuded bullae (Figure 1). She received oral cephalexin for presumed bullous impetigo. Bacterial culture and herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab results were negative. (Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings)
Source: Mayo Clinic Proceedings - July 1, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Fangyi Xie, Julia S. Lehman Tags: Medical image Source Type: research
