Multidrug-Resistant Chronic Osteomyelitis Complicating War Injury in Iraqi Civilians
- 1 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
- Vol. 71 (1), 252-254
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0b013e31821b8622
Abstract
Article approval pendingWar-related orthopedic injury is frequently complicated by environmental contamination and delays in management, placing victims at increased risk for long-term infectious complications. We describe, among Iraqi civilians with war-related chronic osteomyelitis, the bacteriology of infection at the time of admissionKeywords
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