Staphylococcal septicaemia in burns

Burns

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 359-366

  Gang, Raj Kumar ^a   Sanyal, Suhas C ^a   Bang, Rameshwar Lal ^a,b   Mokaddas, Eiman ^a   Lari, Abdul Reda ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Burns; Infection; Inhalation injury; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN INFECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; KUWAIT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034112429     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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