Five-year review of infections in a burn intensive care unit: High incidence of Acinetobacter baumannii in a tropical climate

Burns

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1008-1014

  Chim, Harvey ^a   Tan, Ban Hock ^a   Song, Colin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Burns; Intensive care; Nosocomial infection; Wound colonization

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; BURN INFECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPIC CLIMATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SINGAPORE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 35748949552     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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