Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008

To determine which organisms most commonly cause infection after natural disasters, we cultured specimens from injured earthquake survivors in Wenchuan, China, 2008. Of 123 cultures, 46 (59%) grew only 1 type of pathogenic bacteria. Smear was more effective than culture for early diagnosis of gas ga...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yue, Hao, Peng, Lu, Bo, Yu, Hua, Huang, Wenfang, Hou, Hongliang, Dai, Kerong
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086233/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20507749
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1606.091523
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author Wang, Yue
Hao, Peng
Lu, Bo
Yu, Hua
Huang, Wenfang
Hou, Hongliang
Dai, Kerong
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Hao, Peng
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Yu, Hua
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description To determine which organisms most commonly cause infection after natural disasters, we cultured specimens from injured earthquake survivors in Wenchuan, China, 2008. Of 123 cultures, 46 (59%) grew only 1 type of pathogenic bacteria. Smear was more effective than culture for early diagnosis of gas gangrene. Early diagnosis and treatment of wounds are crucial.
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spelling pubmed-30862332011-05-13 Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008 Wang, Yue Hao, Peng Lu, Bo Yu, Hua Huang, Wenfang Hou, Hongliang Dai, Kerong Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine which organisms most commonly cause infection after natural disasters, we cultured specimens from injured earthquake survivors in Wenchuan, China, 2008. Of 123 cultures, 46 (59%) grew only 1 type of pathogenic bacteria. Smear was more effective than culture for early diagnosis of gas gangrene. Early diagnosis and treatment of wounds are crucial. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3086233/ /pubmed/20507749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1606.091523 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_full Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008
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title_full_unstemmed Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008
title_short Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086233/
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