Nosocomial Infections in Burned Patients in Motahari Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Burn patients are at high risk of developing nosocomial infection because of their destroyed skin barrier and suppressed immune system, compounded by prolonged hospitalization and invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures. Studies on nosocomial infection in burn patients are not well described....

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Main Authors: Azimi, Leila, Motevallian, Abbas, Ebrahimzadeh Namvar, Amirmorteza, Asghari, Babak, Lari, Abdolaziz Rastegar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235664/