Fungal Burn Wound Infection

MAJ Gerald Nash; F. Daniel Foley; Malcolm N. Goodwin; Harold M. Bruck; Kenneth A. Greenwald; Basil A. Pruitt

doi:10.1001/jama.1971.03180230072017

Fungal Burn Wound Infection

MAJ Gerald Nash, F. Daniel Foley, Malcolm N. Goodwin, Harold M. Bruck, Kenneth A. Greenwald, Basil A. Pruitt

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Abstract

Recent emergence of mycotic burn wound infection as a clinicopathological entity suggested a possible relationship to the use of topical antibacterial therapy. The autopsy incidence of fungal burn wound infection was determined for periods prior to and after the institution of mafenide acetate (Sulfamylon cream) therapy (topically administered) in 1964. There has been a tenfold increase in wound infections due to Phycomycetes and Aspergillus species, since 1964. These two organisms are also the fungi most frequently responsible for clinical mycotic burn wound infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1664-1666
Number of pages	3
Journal	JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Volume	215
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1971.03180230072017
State	Published - Mar 8 1971

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