Quantitative microbiology of traumatic orthopedic wounds.
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Quantitative bacterial and fungal cultures carried out on 116 speciments of tissue debrided from traumatic orthopedic wounds yielded 118 bacterial and 8 fungal isolates. The organisms obtained reflected primarily the resident flora of the skin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 8 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978