Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study
Background: Wound infection is a frequent and severe complication in burn patients accounting for a high number of mortalities. There are some reports comparing swab and biopsy cultures of wounds of various etiologies or chronic wounds.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate burn wound infe...
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| author | Somaye Abdollahi Sabet Ali Kabir Mahshid Hormazdi Siamac Esfandi Mohammad Ali Bahar Ali Manafi Nosratollah Bouduhi Hamid Karimi |
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| description | Background: Wound infection is a frequent and severe complication in burn patients accounting for a high number of mortalities. There are some reports comparing swab and biopsy cultures of wounds of various etiologies or chronic wounds.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate burn wound infection by different bacteriologic methods of surface swab and tissue biopsy culture and see if they can predict the outcome.Methods: Aprospective study was conducted in Shahid Motahari Burn Center,Tehran ,on patients suffering from burns with more than 20% of TBSAadmitted in 2001-2002. Wound swab and biopsy specimens were collected within the second week.Patients were followed to the point of their discharge or death.Results: Bacterial growth was reported in 100% of swabs, in 89.3% of the biopsies in differential culture media,and in 18.7% of the biopsies in selective culture media.These different cultures had similar pathogen reports. Of the 75 studied patients,78.7% died. The frequency rates of positive tissue cultures and bacterial load were not different between the dead and those who survived.Conclusion: Bacteriologic methods do not have enough predictive value to assess clinical outcome. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9b7bb70899a4e53b2da735b37c9b5e52022-12-22T00:27:39ZengIran University of Medical SciencesMedical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran1016-14302251-68402008-08-012228085Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative StudySomaye Abdollahi SabetAli KabirMahshid HormazdiSiamac EsfandiMohammad Ali BaharAli ManafiNosratollah BouduhiHamid KarimiBackground: Wound infection is a frequent and severe complication in burn patients accounting for a high number of mortalities. There are some reports comparing swab and biopsy cultures of wounds of various etiologies or chronic wounds.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate burn wound infection by different bacteriologic methods of surface swab and tissue biopsy culture and see if they can predict the outcome.Methods: Aprospective study was conducted in Shahid Motahari Burn Center,Tehran ,on patients suffering from burns with more than 20% of TBSAadmitted in 2001-2002. Wound swab and biopsy specimens were collected within the second week.Patients were followed to the point of their discharge or death.Results: Bacterial growth was reported in 100% of swabs, in 89.3% of the biopsies in differential culture media,and in 18.7% of the biopsies in selective culture media.These different cultures had similar pathogen reports. Of the 75 studied patients,78.7% died. The frequency rates of positive tissue cultures and bacterial load were not different between the dead and those who survived.Conclusion: Bacteriologic methods do not have enough predictive value to assess clinical outcome.http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-47&slc_lang=en&sid=1BurnInfectionSwabBiopsy. |
| spellingShingle | Somaye Abdollahi Sabet Ali Kabir Mahshid Hormazdi Siamac Esfandi Mohammad Ali Bahar Ali Manafi Nosratollah Bouduhi Hamid Karimi Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran Burn Infection Swab Biopsy. |
| title | Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study |
| title_full | Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study |
| title_short | Assessment of Burn Wound Infection By Swab and Biopsy Culture: A Comparative Study |
| title_sort | assessment of burn wound infection by swab and biopsy culture a comparative study |
| topic | Burn Infection Swab Biopsy. |
| url | http://mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-47&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
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