Bacterial infections in burn patients at a burn hospital in Iran

From: Indian Journal of Medical Research | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: Kalantar, Enayat; Ekrami, Alireza | Copyright information

Background & objectives: The major challenge for a burn team is nosocomial infection in burn patients, which is known to cause over 50% of burn deaths. Most studies on infection in burn patients focus on burn wound infection, whereas other nosocomial infections in these patients are not well described. We undertook this study to determine three types of nosocomial infections viz., burn wound infection, urinary tract infection, and blood stream infection in burn patients in a burn hospital...

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