Predictors of infectious complications after burn injuries in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 990-995

  Rodgers, Gail L ^a,b   Mortensen, Joel ^b   Fisher, Margaret C ^a,b   Lo, Adrian ^c   Cresswell, Adrienne ^b   Long, Sarah S ^a,b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania Center for Plastic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURN; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033761907     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200010000-00010     Document Type: Article

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