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TitleAntimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from burn units in Gaza
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Background Bacterial infections continue to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among burn patients despite intensive prophylaxis and treatment. Often treatment is complicated by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance pathogens. There are no reports or published data on the susceptibility profiles of bacteria isolated from burn patients in the Gaza strip. Patients and methods A cross sectional study was performed in the two burn units of Al-Shifa and Naser hospitals for 6 months from October 2010 to March 2011. A total of 118 wound samples from burn patients, 97 environmental samples and 28 samples from health care workers (HCWs) were collected and cultured according to the standard microbiological procedures. The bacterial isolates were identified by conventional methods and the antibiotic susceptibility profiles were determined by the standard disc diffusion method according to CLSI …

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Elmanama, Abdelraouf A.
AL Laham, Nahed A
Tayh, Ghassan A
TypeJournal Article
Date2013
Published inBurns
SeriesVolume: 39, Number: 8
PublisherElsevier
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