Antibiotic resistance among bacteria isolated from war-wounded patients at the Weapon Traumatology Training Center of the International Committee of the Red Cross from 2016 to 2019 : a secondary analysis of WHONET surveillance data / Sally Yaacoub, C

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Article

Title:

Antibiotic resistance among bacteria isolated from war-wounded patients at the Weapon Traumatology Training Center of the International Committee of the Red Cross from 2016 to 2019 : a secondary analysis of WHONET surveillance data

Author zone:

Sally Yaacoub, Claudia Truppa, Thomas Ingemann Pedersen, Hicham Abdo and Rodolfo Rossi

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BMC infectious diseases, 22, no. 257, 2022, 11 p.

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Languages:

English

Abstract:

A substantial body of evidence has recently emphasized the risks associated with antibiotic resistance (ABR) in conficts in the Middle East. War-related, and more specifcally weapon-related wounds can be an important breeding ground for multidrug resistant (MDR) organisms. However, the majority of available evidence comes from the military literature focused on risks and patterns of ABR in infections from combat-related injuries among military personnel. The overall aim of this study is to contribute to the scarce existing evidence on the burden of ABR among patients, including civilians with war-related wounds in the Middle East, in order to help inform the revision of empirical antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment protocols adopted in these settings.

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