Success rate of split-thickness skin grafting of chronic venous leg ulcers depends on the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a retrospective study.

The last years of research have proposed that bacteria might be involved in and contribute to the lack of healing of chronic wounds. Especially it seems that Pseudomonas aeruginosa play a crucial role in the healing. At Copenhagen Wound Healing Centre it was for many years clinical suspected that once chronic venous leg ulcers were colonized (weeks or months preoperatively) by P.

[Severe skin rash in patients treated with terbinafine].

We report on five cases of severe skin rash in patients treated with oral terbinafine. Four patients were treated without mycological testing. Two patients were diagnosed with candidiasis on the skin or in the fingernails and were incorrectly treated with terbinafine.