A Case Report of Uncontrolled Infection In Postoperative Patient
Journal of the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
;
: 87-92, 1997.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-784063
ABSTRACT
Treatment of infected mandibular fracture is confronted with various difficult problem, e.g. nosocomial wound infection, non-union of fracture. osteomyelitis. Recently, nosocomial infection has become a major health problem because of excessive morbidity, personal distress, and cost. Frequently, isolated causative microorganisms of nosocomial infection were staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, klebsiella species The various manifestation of the disease related to the pathogenesis and the clinical course tend to give a bad prognosis after operation. This is a report of case that post-operative infected mandibular fracture in 53-year-old man was not healed even through aggressive I & D and antibiotic treatment.
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Main subject:
Osteomyelitis
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Prognosis
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Wound Infection
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Cross Infection
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Klebsiella
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Mandibular Fractures
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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