title: [Burn bacteremia in children].
abstract: 214 cases of burn children with bacteremia accounting for 6.4% of the total number of admission were treated in our hospital from 1981 through 1993, and the mortality was 29.44%. All the patients were classified according to their age, burn area, and complications such as inhalation injury and shock, agents causing the bacteremia or type of bacteria invasion, time for developing bacteremia. The inducing causes and prognosis of bacteremia were analysed, aiming at eruditing the regular pattern of bacteremia and providing means for preventive measures in treatment.
authors.affiliation: Burn Unit, 159th Hospital, PLA, Zhumadian.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002056:Burns / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections