Mucormycosis attributed mortality: A seven-year review of surgical and medical management

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1689-1695

  Mitchell, Thomas A ^a   Hardin, Mark O ^a   Murray, Clinton K ^a   Ritchie, John D ^a   Cancio, Leopoldo C ^a   Renz, Evan M ^a   White, Christopher E ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Combat; Fungal wound colonization; Fungal wound infection; Mucormycosis; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES; MUCORMYCOSIS; PATIENT; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLAST INJURIES; BURN UNIT; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; COMPLICATION; DEBRIDEMENT; INJURY SCALE; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLAST INJURIES; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURN UNITS; BURNS; BURNS, INHALATION; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUCORMYCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922015018     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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