ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2010
Causes of infection after earthquake, China, 2008.
Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for treating gas gangrene.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Invasive fungal infections after natural disasters.Emerging infectious diseases · 2014Pooled it
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- Does Antibiotic Choice for Prophylaxis Affect the Outcome of Wound Infections in Earthquake Victims?Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Wound Infections after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes.Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026Article
- Infections among adults hospitalized in intensive care after the 2023 earthquake in the southeastern part of Türkiye: a multi-center observational study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
- The Impact of Earthquakes on Public Health: A Narrative Review of Infectious Diseases in the Post-Disaster Period Aiming to Disaster Risk Reduction.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Verbascoside Protects Mice From Clostridial Gas Gangrene by Inhibiting the Activity of Alpha Toxin and Perfringolysin O.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Clinical and Pathophysiological Overview of Acinetobacter Infections: a Century of Challenges.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2017Review
- Extrahuman epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii in Lebanon.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2015Article
- Follow-up evaluation with ultrasonography of peripheral nerve injuries after an earthquake.Neural regeneration research · 2014Article
- Identification of Ata, a multifunctional trimeric autotransporter of Acinetobacter baumannii.Journal of bacteriology · 2012Article
- Association of Acinetobacter baumannii EF-Tu with cell surface, outer membrane vesicles, and fibronectin.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2012Article
- Management of gas gangrene in Wenchuan earthquake victims.Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban · 2011Article
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Abstract
To determine which organisms most commonly cause infection after natural disasters, we cultured specimens from injured earthquake survivors in Wenchuan, China, 2008. Of 123 cultures, 46 (59%) grew only 1 type of pathogenic bacteria. Smear was more effective than culture for early diagnosis of gas gangrene. Early diagnosis and treatment of wounds are crucial.
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