ReviewThe journal of spinal cord medicine2015
Bacteriology of pressure ulcers in individuals with spinal cord injury: What we know and what we should know.
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- The association between pressure injury microbiome and wound healing: a systematic review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Pressure ulcers in individuals with spinal cord injury: a comparative analysis of healing outcomes in inpatient and outpatient settings.Spinal cord · 2026Article
- Multi-omics uncovers the critical role of ceramide-mediatedJournal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2026Article
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- Self-managed digital technologies for pressure injury prevention in individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic scoping review.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- Multifaceted Pathophysiology and Secondary Complications of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: Focus on Pressure Injury.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- A murine pressure ulcer model for evaluating persistence and treatment ofFrontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Musculoskeletal infections through direct inoculation.Skeletal radiology · 2024Review
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- Nanotechnological Antibacterial and Conductive Wound Dressings for Pressure Ulcer Prevention.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Treatment of pressure ulcers in patients with spinal cord injury: Conventional surgery vs. cellular therapy.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2024Article
- Evolution of the urinary microbiota in spinal cord injury patients with decubitus ulcer: A snapshot study.International wound journal · 2024Article
- Phenome-wide association study identifies new clinical phenotypes associated with Staphylococcus aureus infections.PloS one · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant and ESBL-Producing Bacterial Pathogens in Patients with Chronic Wound Infections and Spinal Cord Injury Admitted to a Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Hospital.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Pressure Ulcer Diagnosis Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Retrospective Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Understanding the impact of spinal cord injury on the microbiota of healthy skin and pressure injuries.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are at increased risk for the development of pressure ulcers. These chronic wounds are debilitating and contribute to prolonged hospitalization and worse medical outcome. However, the species of bacteria and the role that specific species may play in delaying the healing of chronic pressure ulcers in the SCI population has not been well characterized. This study will review the literature regarding what is known currently about the bacteriology of pressure ulcers in individuals with SCI. An electronic literature search of MEDLINE (1966 to February 2014) was performed. Eleven studies detailing bacterial cultures of pressure ulcers in the SCI population met inclusion criteria and were selected for review. Among these studies, bacterial cultures were often polymicrobial with both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria identified with culture techniques that varied significantly. The most common organisms identified in pressure ulcers were Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcus faecalis. In general, wounds were poorly characterized with minimal to no physical description and/or location provided. Our present understanding of factors that may alter the microbiome of pressure ulcers in individuals with SCI is quite rudimentary, at best. Well-designed studies are needed to assess appropriate wound culture technique, the impact of bacterial composition on wound healing, development of infection, and the optimum medical and surgical approaches to wound care.
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