Multidrug-resistant chronic osteomyelitis complicating war injury in Iraqi civilians
Authors
Murphy, Richard ARonat, Jean-Baptiste
Fakhri, Rasheed M
Herard, Patrick
Blackwell, Nikki
Abgrall, Sophie
Anderson, Deverick J
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Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, New York, New York; Médecins Sans Frontières, Paris, France; Médecins Sans Frontières, Amman, Jordan; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Division of Infectious Diseases, Avicenne Hospital, Bobigny, France; Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North CarolinaIssue Date
2011-07
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The Journal of TraumaAbstract
War-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 admission.Publisher
Lippincott Williams & WilkinsPubMed ID
21818032Additional Links
http://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2011/07000/Multidrug_Resistant_Chronic_Osteomyelitis.39.aspxType
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1529-8809ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1097/TA.0b013e31821b8622
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