Fungal wound infection (not colonization) is independently associated with mortality in burn patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 978-985

  Horvath, Edward E ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^b,c   Vaughan, George M ^a,c   Chung, Kevin K ^a   Hospenthal, Duane R ^b,c   Wade, Charles E ^a,c   Holcomb, John B ^a,c   Wolf, Steven E ^a,c   Mason Jr , Arthur D ^a   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a,c  

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

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL INJURY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34249329267     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000256914.16754.80     Document Type: Article

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