Bacteriology of war wounds at the time of injury

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 826-829

  Murray, Clinton K ^a   Roop, Stuart A ^b   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Dooley, David P ^a   Wenner, Kimberly ^c   Hammock, John ^c   Taufen, Neil ^c   Gourdine, Emmett ^c  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXPLOSIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IRAQ; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN FLORA; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 33748806011     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.9.826     Document Type: Article

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