BIOFILM AND OUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Bakterije koje su organizirane u biofilmu nisu osjetljive na uobičajeno liječenje oblogama ili antibioticima. Najuspješnije uklanjamo njihove kolonije kirurškim debridmanom, ali nemamo takve mogućnosti na svakom mjestu. Obloge sa srebrom i drugim antisepticima često su jedino raspoloživo sredstvo medicinskim sestrama u bolesnikovu domu ili dermatologu u ambulanti. U našim kliničkim studijama prije nekoliko godina pokazali smo da su obloge s antisepticima bile učinkovite u svakodnevnoj kliničkoj praksi za uklanjanje bakterija/biofilmova iz kroničnih rana.Bacteria organized in biofilms are insensitive to the usual treatment with dressings or antibiotics. Most successful is surgical debridement to remove their colonies, but this option may not be possible in all environments. Dressings with silver and other antiseptics are often the only tools available to nurses at patient homes or to dermatologists at outpatient clinics. In our clinical studies conducted several years ago, we demonstrated that dressings with antiseptics were an effective tool in daily clinical practice to remove bacteria/biofilms from chronic wounds