Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

War-wounded civilians in Middle East countries are at risk of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO). We aimed to describe and compare the bacterial etiology and proportion of first-line antibiotics resistant bacteria (FLAR) among PTO cases in civilians from Syria, Iraq and Yemen admitted to the reconstructive surgical program of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amman, Jordan, and to identify risk factors for developing PTO with FLAR bacteria.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed the laboratory database of the MSF program. Inclusion criteria were: patients from Iraq, Yemen or Syria, admitted to the Amman MSF program between October 2006 and December 2016, with at least one bone biopsy sample culture result. Only bone samples taken during first orthopedic surgery were

SUBMITTER: Fily F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6357381 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature