Gram negative wound infection in hospitalised adult burn patients--systematic review and metanalysis-.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gram negative infection is a major determinant of morbidity and survival. Traditional teaching suggests that burn wound infections in different centres are caused by differing sets of causative organisms. This study established whether Gram-negative burn wound isolates associated to clinical wound infection differ between burn centres.

Methods

Studies investigating adult hospitalised patients (2000-2010) were critically appraised and qualified to a levels of evidence hierarchy. The contribution of bacterial pathogen type, and burn centre to the variance in standardised incidence of Gram-negative burn wound infection was analysed using two-way analysis of variance.

Primary findings

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanni, Entero

SUBMITTER: Azzopardi EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3994014 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature