Burn septicaemia: An analysis of 79 patients

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 354-361

  Bang, Rameshwar L ^a,b   Gang, Raj K ^a   Sanyal, Suhas C ^a   Mokaddas, Eiman ^a   Ebrahim, Mohammed K ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PIPERACILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC BURN; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KUWAIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032102701     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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