Changes of microbial flora and wound colonization in burned patients

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-361

  Erol, Serpil ^a   Altoparlak, Ulku ^a   Akcay, Mufide N ^a   Celebi, Fehmi ^a   Parlak, Mehmet ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burned patients; Microbial flora; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROFLORA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NOSE SMEAR; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UMBILICUS; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 2442447453     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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