Bacteriology of blood, wound, and sputum cultures from non-US casualties treated in a combat support hospital in Iraq

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 981-984

  Moran, Kimberly A ^a,d   Murray, Clinton K ^b   Anderson, Edwin L ^c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATTLE INJURY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAQ; LUNG FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPUTUM CULTURE; WOUND;

ADULT; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; SPUTUM; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WAR; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 53549115045     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591034     Document Type: Article

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