Colonization of burn wounds in Ain Shams University Burn Unit

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Nasser, Salah ^a   Mabrouk, Amr ^a   Maher, Ashraf ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Burn wound; Colonization; Infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Swab

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SILVER SULFADIAZINE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037404776     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00285-1     Document Type: Article

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