Skin and soft-tissue infections among tsunami survivors in southern Thailand.
Among 777 patients transferred to 4 hospitals in Bangkok from southern Thailand after the tsunami of 26 December 2004, there were 515 with skin and soft-tissue infections. The most common organisms isolated were Aeromonas species (145 [22.6%] of 641 isolates from 305 patients). Most isolates were susceptible to aminoglycosides, third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, quinolones, and imipenem but were resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanate and first-generation cephalosporins.
Hiransuthikul
Narin
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Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. nhiransu@yahoo.com
Tantisiriwat
Woraphot
W
Lertutsahakul
Krittavith
K
Vibhagool
Asda
A
Boonma
Paitoon
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004190:Disasters; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents