Burn septicaemia in Kuwait: Associated demographic and clinical factors

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 136-141

  Bang, Rameshwar L ^a   Sharma, Prem N ^a   Sanyal, Suhas C ^b   Bang, Sarla ^b   Ebrahim, Mohammed K ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Burns; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Microbes; Mortality; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN GRAFT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1842474760     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076952     Document Type: Article

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