Bacterial infection of burns in the National Burn Institute (6/1996 - 5/1997)
- Author:
Dinh Quoc Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
burn
- MeSH:
burns;
Bacterial Infections
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
1998;354(9):7-9
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Common bacteria on burn injuries are S. aureus, Enterobacter, P. aeruginosa, E. coli.... Rates of these bacteria infection vary between authors. Study on burn patients who hospitalized in the National Burn Institute between 6/1996 to 5/1997 showed that burn injury infection occurred in 100% of patients, with highest rate (100%) was seen in 1-3 days after burning, followed by period of 10-14 days after burning with the rate is 93.67%. The commonest bacterium is S. aureus (36.47%), followed by P. aeruginosa (29.18%). Infection rate of these bacteria combination was 18.35%. Rate of S. aureus infection was high in all 3 post-burning periods. Other bacteria were seen in periods of 5-7 and 10-14 days after burning.
