Porcine thermal burns have been widely employed for examining the beneficial effects of novel burn treatments prior to clinical application and for understanding the mechanisms of burn wound healing 1, 2. The advantages of these porcine burns over other animal burns are well described by others, such as the well described close resemblance to human skin in structure and in wound healing. Import...

PURPOSE To determine the genetic diversity of MDR P. aeruginosa strains isolated from burn and wound infections in Ahvaz, Iran, by ERIC-PCR. METHODS From total 99 strains of P. aeruginosa defined as MDR by using drug susceptibility testing, 66 were subjected to ERIC-PCR analysis, comprises 53 strains isolated from burn infection, and 13 randomly selected strains from wound infection with high...

conclusions invasive interventions increased bacteremia susceptibility in burn wards. mortality rate had a direct association with bacteremia prevalence and increased by larger burn area. results thirty-nine males (48.1%) and 42 females (51.9%) included with a mean age of 32.06 ± 17.46 years. in patients without bacteremia, 57 patients did not need catheterization (89.1%), however in patients w...

The role of motility as a virulence factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn wound sepsis was examined using mutants deficient in the Fla or Mot phenotype. Physiological profiles of parental strains and Fla- and Mot- mutants were similar with respect to antibiograms, O antigen types, growth rates, and proteolytic, exotoxin A and phospholipase activities, providing evidence for isogenicity. Lethali...

Burn injury can be detrimental to the health of individuals, meanwhile victims lose proteins and micronutrients in wound exudates. Victims also experience extensive protein catabolism. These make them prone to malnutrition. Burn patients also suffer a lot of emotional trauma that reduce nutrient intake. The aim of this paper was to review primary evidence on the effect of antioxidant micronutri...

Burn wound infection delay the grafting, prolongs hospital stay and responsible for septicemia. Burn wound infection is due to immunosuppression in burns patients, colonization of burn wound, translocation of microbes from gastrointestinal tract and over growth of the resistant organism due to prolong use of topical and systemic antibiotics. Objective: To find alternate, effective method to red...

Figure 1. Burn wound on post-operative day three after resurfacing with allograft. DESCRIPTION A 54-year-old man sustained third-degree burns to 50% total body surface area. He was transferred to our facility in septic shock on day five after injury. Broad-spectrum antibiotics, burn excision, and resurfacing with allograft were initiated. Two weeks later, a new wound infection was identified (F...

  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 ...

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 ...