Maggots as potential vector for pathogen transmission and consequences for infection control in waste management

• Main Authors: Daeschlein, Georg (Author), Reese, Kevin (Author), Napp, Matthias (Author), Spitzmueller, Romy (Author), Hinz, Peter (Author), Juenger, Michael (Author), Kramer, Axel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and aims: Debridement therapy with sterile bred larvae in non-healing wounds is a widely accepted safe and efficient treatment modality. However, during application in the contaminated wound bed microbial contamination with potential microbial pathogen spread after escape from the wound o...