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

• Main Authors: Leila Azimi (Author), Abbas Motevallian (Author), Amirmorteza Ebrahimzadeh Namvar (Author), Babak Asghari (Author), Abdolaziz Rastegar Lari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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....