Microbiology of wound infections among hospitalised patients following the 2005 Pakistan earthquake

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-78

  Kiani, Q H ^a   Amir, M ^a   Ghazanfar, M A ^a   Iqbal, M ^a  

^a SHIFA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Gram negative bacteria; Multidrug resistant bacteria; Trauma; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; EARTHQUAKE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349135275     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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