Southwest Regional Medical Center

This is a non-randomized evaluation for which 50 patients will be imaged at the Southwest Regional Wound Care Center, Lubbock, Texas, who present with a chronic wound and are receiving standard treatment. The MolecuLight i:X Imaging Device will be used as an adjunctive tool in the assessment of the wound and will be used to guide the targeted sampling of a wound (punch biopsy method).

Determine the effect on wound treatment outcomes using a novel antimicrobial wound gel (NXTSC) for the treatment of infected wounds as the sole topical treatment of microbial infection at the wound site.

A retrospective molecular diagnostic review on wound care outcomes. The time periods include March, April, May of 2010.The retrospective review would analyze the days of healing during the timeframe, upon the introduction of molecular diagnostic testing