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Research Category: Detection of Bacterial Burden, Chronic Wounds

Skin Pigmentation Impacts the Clinical Diagnosis of Wound Infection: Imaging of Bacterial Burden to Overcome Diagnostic Limitations

Jonathan Johnson 1, Alton R Johnson Jr 2, Charles A Andersen 3, Martha R Kelso 4, Alisha R Oropallo 5, Thomas E Serena 6

1Comprehensive Wound Care Services and Capital Aesthetic & Laser Center, Washington, DC. 2University of Michigan School of Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes-Podiatry, Ann Arbor, MI. 3Madigan Army Medical Center Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA. 4Wound Care Plus LLC, Blue Springs, MO. 5Comprehensive Wound Healing Center and Hyperbarics, Northwell Health and Department of Vascular Surgery, Zucker School of Medicine Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY. 6SerenaGroup Research Foundation, Cambridge, MA.

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