Use of Copper Nanoparticles to Reduce Bioburden in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Weiying Lu; Amit Rao; Alisha Oropallo; Scott Gawlik; John Haight

Use of Copper Nanoparticles to Reduce Bioburden in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Eplasty. 2022 Dec 8:22:QA4. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Weiying Lu¹, Amit Rao², Alisha Oropallo^{1

2}, Scott Gawlik³, John Haight³

Affiliations

¹ Donald & Barbara School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY.
² Northwell Health Comprehensive Wound Healing Center & Hyperbarics, Lake Success, NY.
³ Northwell Health Department of Surgery, Podiatry Section, NY.

PMID: 36793619
PMCID: PMC9891767

Abstract

What percentage of persons living with diabetes will experience a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU)?How are copper nanoparticles effective in the treatment of DFUs?What are common adjunct therapies in the treatment of DFUs?What pathogens commonly colonize DFUs, and how are they approached?

Keywords: bacterial bioburden; copper nanoparticle; diabetic foot ulcer.

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