Acute and chronic wound infections – what are the distinctions?

 

In 2022 Jenny Hurlow and Phil Bowler wrote a marvellous article which was printed in the Journal of Wound Care on this topic.

Their commentary provides differentiation between dermatitis, acute and chronic infection – incorporating a discussion on biofilm.

They also highlight how acute infections involve a host inflammatory response whilst chronic infection is a microbe driven inflammation – an important point of difference.

I highly commend this article to all clinicians engaged in wound care.

https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/jowc.2022.31.5.436