?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.110339&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+investigation+of+the+impact+of+bacterial+diversity%2C+pathogenic+determinants+and+biofilms+on+chronic+wounds&rft.creator=Hussain%2C+Malik+Asif&rft.subject=Anaerobes&rft.subject=Bacterial+diversity&rft.subject=Bacterial+load&rft.subject=Bioburden&rft.subject=Biofilm&rft.subject=Chronic+wounds&rft.subject=Staphylococci&rft.subject=Wound+healing&rft.description=The+researcher+investigated+the+abundance+and+diversity+of+bacteria+in+chronic+wounds.+Chronic+wounds+are+a+significant+public+health+burden+and+associated+with+complex+polymicrobial+communities.+Bacterial+colonization+has+been+hypothesized+to+be+one+of+the+main+underlying+causes+of+chronic+wounds+and+leads+to+detrimental+effects+on+wound+healing.+Next-generation+sequencing+technologies+were+utilized+to+identify+possible+bacterial+biomarkers+to+predict+wound+healing+trajectory.+Overall%2C+bacterial+bioburden+and+their+molecular+characteristics+were+found+to+be+associated+with+and+predictive+of+poor+wound+healing+outcomes.+This+research+has+been+presented+at+conferences+and+in+publications.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F110339%2F2%2FMalik_Asif_Hussain_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.110339&rft.relation=Hussain%2C+Malik+Asif+(2017)+An+investigation+of+the+impact+of+bacterial+diversity%2C+pathogenic+determinants+and+biofilms+on+chronic+wounds.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F110339%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Health%3B+School+of+Biomedical+Sciences