Some wounds don't need an antibiotic and using one may increase the risk of an allergic reaction and antibiotic resistance. Other, deeper wounds may need care that an antibiotic ointment is unable ...

Another benefit to the technology is that if bacteria is caught early, the patient may avoid being prescribed antibiotics, which in wound care can be prolonged, and thus avoid antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotics are increasingly prescribed to patients with non-healing wounds, but the overuse of antibiotics can lead to drug resistance in bacteria, resulting in the rise of “superbugs.” ...

They are mainly treated by keeping the wound clean and using antibiotics to kill any bacterial infections. But doctors increasingly want to reduce the use of antibiotics to minimise the evolution ...

Ants back at the nest rush to the injured and can tell which wounds are infected. They then secrete an antibiotic for them. An international team of researchers observed these ants closely and ...

and they often contain organized colonies of stubbornly antibiotic-resistant bacteria. It is estimated that 1 to 2 percent of the population in developed countries will experience a chronic wound ...

The Department of Defense wants U.S. researchers to study antibiotic-resistant wounds in Ukraine to help improve the country’s medical care and prepare U.S. troops and medical personnel to ...