Open AccessStochasticity among Antibiotic-Resistance Profiles of Common Burn-Related Pathogens over a Six-Year Period
Author(s) -
Zachary J Collier,
Lawrence J. Gottlieb,
John C. Alverdy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
surgical infections
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1557-8674
pISSN - 1096-2964
DOI - 10.1089/sur.2016.191
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , period (music) , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , physics , acoustics
One of the most significant contributors to morbidity and death in patients with burns is infection, which accounts for 30%-75% of post-burn fatalities. Because of concerns for the development of antibiotic resistance in burn-related pathogens, the aims of this study were to identify antibiotic resistance trends for the four most common burn-related pathogens over a six-year period.