Determination of the Course of Cyan Fluorescence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a Handheld Bacterial Imaging Device

Chronic wound infections are of clinical concern as they often lead to high rates of mortality and morbidity. A point-of-care handheld bacterial fluorescence imaging has been designed to detect the auto-fluorescent characteristics of most clinically relevant species of bacteria. This device causes most species of bacteria to exhibit red fluorescence due to the production of exoproduct porphyrins. One of the most significant contributors to the pathogenicity of chronic wounds is the pathogen