Abstract

It is estimated that infection accounts for 50-75% of death in burn patients following first resuscitation. The most common cause of burn wound sepsis is superficial bacterial infection of the lesion, which may progress to invasiveness. It has been shown that the degree of bacterial wound infection correlates directly with the likelihood of wound sepsis. The risk of invasive burn wound infection is determined by patient parameters such as age, amount of damage, and depth of burn, as well as microbial factors such as kind and quantity, enzyme and toxin production, and organism motility.

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