Epidemiology of bloodstream infections in burn-injured patients: A review of the national burn repository

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-528

  Shupp, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Pavlovich, Anna R ^a,b   Jeng, James C ^a,b   Pezzullo, John C ^c   Oetgen, William J ^c   Jaskille, Amin D ^a   Jordan, Marion H ^a,b   Shoham, Shmuel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS INFECTION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954959420     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181e4d5e7     Document Type: Review

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