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Microbiology of the Burn Compromised Patient

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Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

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The kinds of microorganisms isolated from the wounds of burn patients from 1964–1988 are presented and their association with infections and septic deaths in this patient population is reviewed. Procedures for testing of antimicrobial creams and solutions for topical use in burn wound care are presented and data resulting from these types of assays are discussed. A brief discussion of the pros and cons of quantitative microbial wound culture is presented as well.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, POB 117, S-22100, Lund, Sweden

    Torkel Wadström PhD (Professor) & Åsa Ljungh PhD (Assistant Professor) (Professor) &  (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department Medical Microbiology, Sölvegaten 23, S-23362, Lund, Sweden

    Ingvar Eliasson PhD

  3. Burns Institute, Shriners Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Ian Holder PhD

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Holder, I.A. (1990). Microbiology of the Burn Compromised Patient. In: Wadström, T., Eliasson, I., Holder, I., Ljungh, Å. (eds) Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3454-1_11

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