Description
An elderly man was admitted to the hospital with right leg mixed aetiology ulcers and superadded cellulitis, which had been unresponsive to several weeks of oral antibiotic therapy (figure 1). He was an ex-smoker with a medical history of hypertension, atrial fibrillation and previous cerebrovascular event and was treated with intravenous antibiotics for superadded infection. Surgical debridement was undertaken with little success (figure 2). He was offered biological debridement therapy using contained maggots, to which he responded very well and was discharged home after 1 month. (figures 3 and 4)
Figure 1
Image showing right leg mixed aetiology ulcers and superadded cellulitis.
Figure 2
Image showing right leg postsurgical debridement therapy.
Figure 3
Image showing right leg postbiological maggot debridement therapy.
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