Trauma-related infections in battlefield casualties from Iraq

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 803-811

  Petersen, Kyle ^a   Riddle, Mark S ^b   Danko, Janine R ^a   Blazes, David L ^c   Hayden, Richard ^d   Tasker, Sybil A ^a   Dunne, James R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^c California   (Peru)

^d US Naval Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD; BLUNT TRAUMA; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAQ; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHIPS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34247573456     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000251707.32332.c1     Document Type: Article

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