Epidemiology of Bloodstream Infections in Burn-Injured Patients: A Review of the National Burn Repository

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in thermally injured patients. However, these infections have not been well defined in this patient population. Therefore, the authors performed a retrospective case-control study to characterize the epidemiology, microbiolog...

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Published in:	Journal of burn care & research Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 521 - 528
Main Authors:	SHUPP, Jeffrey W, PAVLOVICH, Anna R, JENG, James C, PEZZULLO, John C, OETGEN, William J, JASKILLE, Amin D, JORDAN, Marion H, SHOHAM, Shmuel
Format:	Conference Proceeding Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia, PA Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01-07-2010
Subjects:	Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteremia - mortality Biological and medical sciences Burns Burns - complications Burns - epidemiology Case-Control Studies Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Cross Infection - mortality Dermatology Endpoint Determination Epidemiology General aspects Humans Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data Medical sciences Pseudomonas Infections - mortality Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Registries Regression Analysis Respiration, Artificial Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Staphylococcal Infections - mortality Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents United States - epidemiology United States Infection Burn Human Skin disease Bacteriosis Epidemiology Bacteremia Bibliographic review
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