Behavior and prognosis of sepsis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burn wounds

Authors

  • Alexander García Urquijo Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • José Antonio Rodríguez Rodríguez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Robin Rodríguez Pérez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Romy Lorenzo Manzanas Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Geni Hernández González Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

pseudomonas aeruginosa, infection, burns

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is among the most common organisms in burn wounds to world level and in the most isolated in burned skin in "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Clinical Surgery Hospital of Santa Clara city, Villa Clara Province. To characterize the behavior of sepsis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from  burn wound with qualitative method of hispid. A retrospective descriptive study was conducted in the last decade in the burn care unit of the institution. The variables were: month and year of completion, temporary series and rate prognosis. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa has an isolation rate per year between one and 4.5 per 10 burn admissions; epidemic peaks occurred in five of the months of 2011, with incidence rates of success area during the months of January, February and July and incidence rates tending to increase by 64.6%; a rate of isolation average was predicted for 2012 of 30.4 per 100 discharged patients with a reliability of 95%.

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García Urquijo A, Rodríguez Rodríguez JA, Rodríguez Pérez R, Lorenzo Manzanas R, Hernández González G. Behavior and prognosis of sepsis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in burn wounds. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Sep. 22 [cited 2025 Jun. 27];8(3):57-62. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/146

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2014): July-September

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