Outcomes of Bacteremia in Burn Patients Involved in Combat Operations Overseas

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Ressner, Roseanne A ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^a   Griffith, Matthew E ^a   Rasnake, Mark S ^c   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURN PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; BACTEREMIA; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 39649106590     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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