Contribution of bacterial and viral infections to attributable mortality in patients with severe burns: An autopsy series

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 773-779

  D'Avignon, Laurie C ^a,b,e   Hogan, Brian K ^a,b   Murray, Clinton K ^a,b,e   Loo, Florence L ^c   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a,b,e   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a,d   Kim, Seung H ^d   Renz, Evan M ^a,d   Barillo, David ^a,d   Holcomb, John B ^a,d   Wade, Charles E ^d   Wolf, Steven E ^a,d,e  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Inc   (United States)

^d US Army Institute of Surgical Research   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Bacteria; Burn; Infection; Mortality; Virus

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY SURFACE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BURN INFECTION; BURN UNIT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FACE BURN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LUNG BURN; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955574439     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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