Physics

Chronic disease

Chronic infection

Optics

Epistemology

Philosophy

Surgery

Intensive care medicine

Physical therapy

Immunology

Debridement (dental)

Figuring

Chronic pain

Wound healing

Chronic wound

Mechanism (biology)

Wound infection

Medicine

Immune system

Chinese Journal of Traumatology

Chronic wounds have always been a tough fight in clinical practice, which can not only make patients suffer from pain physically and mentally but also impose a heavy burden on the society. More than one factor is relevant to each step of the development of chronic wounds. Along with the in-depth research, we have realized that figuring out the pathophysiological mechanism of chronic wounds is the foundation of treatment, while wound infection is the key point concerned. The cause of infection should be identified and prevented promptly once diagnosed. This paper mainly describes the mechanism, diagnosis and therapeutic strategies of chronic wound infection, and will put an emphasis on the principle of debridement.

Therapeutic strategies for chronic wound infection