ArticleInternational wound journal2023
Point-of-care fluorescence imaging reveals extent of bacterial load in diabetic foot ulcers.
Article in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Clinical Signs and Symptoms of Biofilm-Associated Infection in Chronic Wounds: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies.International wound journal · 2026Pooled it
- The Clinical Utility of Autofluorescence Imaging for Bacterial Detection in Wounds: A Systematic Review.International wound journal · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical Significance of Non-Invasive Skin Autofluorescence Measurement and AI Applications in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Scoping Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Absence of Bacterial Fluorescence Is Associated With Early Response to Skin Substitutes in Diabetic and Venous Ulcers: A Single-Blinded Prospective Study.International wound journal · 2026Observational
- A Scoping Review of Fluorescence Imaging: A Promising New Technology for Bacterial Detection in Burn Wounds.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2026Article
- Progresses in Wound Healing: Integrating Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Traditional and Alternative Medicine, and Novel Technologies.Current diabetes reviews · 2026Review
- Clinical and Economic Evidence Supporting the Value of Fluorescence Imaging of Bacteria in Wound Care.Journal of market access & health policy · 2025Review
- Microbial Biofilms as Barriers to Chronic Wound Healing: Diagnostic Challenges and Therapeutic Advances.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Preparing a Dual-SpeciesMolecular pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Diagnostic value of a point of care bacterial fluorescence imaging device for detecting wound infections in dogs and cats.Veterinary surgery : VS · 2025Article
- Current and Future Directions in Fluorescence Imaging-Guided Debridement.Advances in wound care · 2025Review
- From prototype to implementation: Development of the DMIST scoring system for monitoring diabetic foot ulcers.GHM open · 2025Article
- Workflow of Healthcare Professionals Utilizing Fluorescence Imaging for Detecting Wound Bacterial Infections.Cureus · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review to Identify Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Biomarkers Reported in the Literature to Be Indicative of Biofilm in Chronic Wounds.International wound journal · 2025Article
- Heart-on-a-Miniscope: A Miniaturized Solution for Electrophysiological Drug Screening in Cardiac Organoids.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- A Networked Intelligent Elderly Care Model Based on Nursing Robots to Achieve Healthy Aging.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Review
- Efficacy of Cold Atmospheric Plasma in Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcer Management: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- Integration of Functional Polymers and Biosensors to Enhance Wound Healing.Advanced healthcare materials · 2024Review
- Determination of the Course of Cyan Fluorescence ofDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Skin Pigmentation Impacts the Clinical Diagnosis of Wound Infection: Imaging of Bacterial Burden to Overcome Diagnostic Limitations.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
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Abstract
Elevated levels of bacteria, including biofilm, increase the risk of chronic wound infection and inhibit healing. Addressing asymptomatic high bacterial loads is challenged by a lack of clinical terminology and diagnostic tools. This post-hoc multicenter clinical trial analysis of 138 diabetic foot ulcers investigates fluorescence (FL)-imaging role in detecting biofilm-encased and planktonic bacteria in wounds at high loads. The sensitivity and specificity of clinical assessment and FL-imaging were compared across bacterial loads of concern (10
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