Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection in Thigh Abscess Can Migrate to Distant Burn Depending on Burn Depth

Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection in Thigh Abscess Can Migrate to Distant Burn Depending on Burn Depth

Sepsis remains the major cause of death in patients with major burn injuries. In the present investigation we evaluated the interaction between burn injuries of varying severity and preexisting distant infection. We used Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus mirabilis) that were...

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Main Authors: Hamrahi, Victoria, Hamblin, Michael R., Jung, Walter, Benjamin, John B., Paul, Kasie W., Fischman, Alan J., Tompkins, Ronald G., Carter, Edward A.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74666

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