Burn wound infections: Current status

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-145

  Pruitt Jr , Basil A ^a,b   McManus, Albert T ^b   Kim, Seung H ^b   Goodwin, Cleon W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CICLOPIROXOLAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; MAFENIDE ACETATE; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BIOPSY; BURN; CELLULITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CANDIDIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS; VIRUS DISEASES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 2642643745     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900361     Document Type: Review

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