Farhan Nawras, Jeffery Steven
Burn Centre, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK.
Wound Healing Practice Development Unit, Birmingham City University, Birmingham B15 3TN, UK.
Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Feb 9;11(2):268. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11020268.
Burn injuries constitute a critical economic burden on healthcare infrastructures worldwide. They are often associated with high mortality rates due to severe complications. Infection is the most common complication, highlighting the importance of prompt and precise diagnosis in order to prevent detrimental consequences and to optimize patient outcomes. Here we examine the current standard of care for diagnosing infection in both burn and chronic wounds followed by an investigation into the research surrounding a relatively new technique for bacterial detection, fluorescence imaging. With five years of published research on bacterial fluorescence imaging (MolecuLight device), we have summarized and analysed the validity of the procedure and compared it to the current standard of care; clinical assessment and microbiological analysis. We highlight the benefits that could be obtained through the use of this technology as well as the limitations and the feasibility of incorporating this novel procedure into the standard of care.
烧伤对全球医疗基础设施构成了严重的经济负担。由于严重并发症，烧伤常常伴随着高死亡率。感染是最常见的并发症，这凸显了及时准确诊断的重要性，以便预防不良后果并优化患者预后。在此，我们研究了烧伤和慢性伤口感染诊断的当前护理标准，随后调查了一项相对较新的细菌检测技术——荧光成像的相关研究。基于对细菌荧光成像（MolecuLight设备）五年的已发表研究，我们总结并分析了该程序的有效性，并将其与当前的护理标准——临床评估和微生物分析进行了比较。我们强调了通过使用该技术可能获得的益处，以及将这一新技术纳入护理标准的局限性和可行性。
