abstract   background: wound infection is a frequent and severe complication in burn patients accounting for a high number of mortalities. there are some reports comparing swab and biopsy cultures of wounds of various etiologies or chronic wounds.   objectives: the aim of the study was to evaluate burn wound infection by different bacteriologic methods of surface swab and tissue biopsy culture ...

according to the national institutes of health and the center for disease and prevention, it is estimated that 65 to 80 percent of the human infectious are caused by biofilms. antibiotics and drainage of purulent discharge are the main treatment measures. but in chronic infections sometimes these findings are not easy to recognize. biofilm is an extracellular polymeric conglomeration generally ...

background : gram-negative bacteria are the most cause of nosocomial infection especially in burned patients. carbapenem resistant strains can limit seriously the choice of antibiotic therapy. ampc can make resistance to carbapenem and detection of that can be useful for identification of carbapenem resistant. the aim of this study was identification of ampc in most prevalent cause of nosocomia...

backgrond burn wound infections carry considerable mortality and morbidity amongst burn injury victims who have been successfully rescued through the initial resuscitation. this study assessed the prevalent microrganisms causing burn wound infections among hospitalized patients their susceptibility pattern to commonly used antibiotics and the frequency of infections with respect to the duration...

background and objectives: infection is the most common cause of death among burnt patients and infection control decrease the rate of mortality. the use of sticky mat can control contamination by preventing the entrance microorganisms into the hospital wards. this study was designed to evaluate the sticky mats effect in reduction of microorganism’s entry by personnel shoes to burn intensive ca...

background : bacterial infections in burn and wound patients are common and difficult to control. the aim of the current study was to evaluate the ability of full length oprf to elicit the production of protective igg in mice burn wound sepsis model against p. aeruginosa infection. methods : oprf protein was expressed and purified by ni-nta. the purified protein as used to immunize balb/c mice....

background and objectives: infection is the most common problem following burn injury. selection and dissemination of intrinsic and acquired resistance mechanisms increase the probability of burn wound colonization by resistant species including pseudomonas aeruginosa. multi-drug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa has frequently been reported as the cause of nosocomial outbreaks of infection in b...

background : burn wounds are one of the health problems in modern societies that are associated with irreparable harms and many side problems for patients and their families. infection due to burn wounds is the main cause of death in such patients. one of the methods to prevent infection of burn wounds is topical antibiotic ointments. this study aimed to investigate and identify effective ointm...

Invasive fungal infection in burn injury is caused by inoculation of fungal spore from patient skin, respiratory tract or from care giver. The risk factors for acquiring fungal infection in burns include age of burns, total burn size, full thickness burns, inhalational injury, prolonged hospital stay, late surgical excision, open dressing, central venous catheters, antibiotics, steroid treatmen...