Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 23 Sayı: 6 Sayfa Aralığı: 466 - 471 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 29-07-2022

Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences

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BACKGROUND: Burn injuries facilitate invasive infections and sepsis not only by destroying the continuity of the protective skin barrier but also through systemic effects. The burn wound, blood, and urine samples are frequently cultured to determine the pathogen agent. The aim of this study was to analyze pathogen growth in patients' cultures confirmed as "infection positive" by the hospital Infection Control Committee and to assess the clinical implications of these growths.METHODS: Hospitalized patients included in the study were those with a total burned body surface area of >10% and "presence of infection" confirmed by the Infection Control Committee. The patients were evaluated with respect to age, gender, burn etiology, the total body surface area burned (TBSA), the presence of inhalation injury, sepsis, positive cultures, the microorganisms cultured in wound-blood-urine samples, and septic focus.RESULTS: Of the total 36 (10.3%) "infection-positive" patients, 26 (72.2%) were male; the mean age of patients was 44±21 years. The mean burned TBSA of the whole group was 45.58%±23.1%. Acinetobacter baumannii was the most isolated organism in the wound cultures. In patients with confirmed infection, there was a correlation between the pathogen isolated in urine cultures and mortality rates (p=0.023). Sepsis was diagnosed in 23 (63.9%) patients, of whom 21 had inhalation injuries. There was a significant correlation between inhalation injury and sepsis (p=0.015), and both the presence of sepsis or inhalation injury increased mortality (p=0.027 and p=0.009, respectively).CONCLUSION: According to the study data, the TBSA burned demonstrated a greater significance for mortality, although the presence of sepsis and/or urinary tract infection should also be noted as a cause of mortality in burned patients.
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APA GULDOGAN C, Kendirci M, Tikici D, Gundogdu E, YASTI A (2017). Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. , 466 - 471.
Chicago GULDOGAN Cem Emir,Kendirci Murat,Tikici Deniz,Gundogdu Emre,YASTI Ahmet Çınar Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. (2017): 466 - 471.
MLA GULDOGAN Cem Emir,Kendirci Murat,Tikici Deniz,Gundogdu Emre,YASTI Ahmet Çınar Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. , 2017, ss.466 - 471.
AMA GULDOGAN C,Kendirci M,Tikici D,Gundogdu E,YASTI A Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. . 2017; 466 - 471.
Vancouver GULDOGAN C,Kendirci M,Tikici D,Gundogdu E,YASTI A Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. . 2017; 466 - 471.
IEEE GULDOGAN C,Kendirci M,Tikici D,Gundogdu E,YASTI A "Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences." , ss.466 - 471, 2017.
ISNAD GULDOGAN, Cem Emir vd. "Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences". (2017), 466-471.
APA GULDOGAN C, Kendirci M, Tikici D, Gundogdu E, YASTI A (2017). Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, 23(6), 466 - 471.
Chicago GULDOGAN Cem Emir,Kendirci Murat,Tikici Deniz,Gundogdu Emre,YASTI Ahmet Çınar Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi 23, no.6 (2017): 466 - 471.
MLA GULDOGAN Cem Emir,Kendirci Murat,Tikici Deniz,Gundogdu Emre,YASTI Ahmet Çınar Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, vol.23, no.6, 2017, ss.466 - 471.
AMA GULDOGAN C,Kendirci M,Tikici D,Gundogdu E,YASTI A Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi. 2017; 23(6): 466 - 471.
Vancouver GULDOGAN C,Kendirci M,Tikici D,Gundogdu E,YASTI A Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences. Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi. 2017; 23(6): 466 - 471.
IEEE GULDOGAN C,Kendirci M,Tikici D,Gundogdu E,YASTI A "Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences." Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi, 23, ss.466 - 471, 2017.
ISNAD GULDOGAN, Cem Emir vd. "Clinical infection in burn patients and its consequences". Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi 23/6 (2017), 466-471.