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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2015

Combat trauma-associated invasive fungal wound infections: epidemiology and clinical classification.

A C Weintrob, A B Weisbrod, J R Dunne, C J Rodriguez, D Malone, B A Lloyd, T E Warkentien, J Wells, C K Murray, W Bradley and 6 more

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed.

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16 authors.

A C WeintrobWalter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD,USA.
A B WeisbrodWalter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD,USA.
J R DunneDepartment of Surgery,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
C J RodriguezWalter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD,USA.
D MaloneWalter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD,USA.
B A LloydLandstuhl Regional Medical Center,Landstuhl,Germany.
T E WarkentienWalter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD,USA.
J WellsWalter Reed National Military Medical Center,Bethesda, MD,USA.
C K MurraySan Antonio Military Medical Center,Fort Sam Houston, TX,USA.
W BradleyInfectious Disease Clinical Research Program,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
F ShaikhInfectious Disease Clinical Research Program,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
J ShahInfectious Disease Clinical Research Program,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
D AggarwalInfectious Disease Clinical Research Program,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
M L CarsonInfectious Disease Clinical Research Program,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
D R TribbleInfectious Disease Clinical Research Program,Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, MD,USA.
Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program Trauma Infectious Disease Outcomes Study Group

Funding

DATA CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF HIVN01AI005072 · NIAID · NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES, INC. · PI MCKINLAY, SONJA M · 1990 to 1994
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NIAID NIH HHS Y01 AI005072NIAID NIH HHS Y1-AI-5072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence of invasive fungal wound infections (IFIs) in combat casualties led to development of a combat trauma-specific IFI case definition and classification. Prospective data were collected from 1133 US military personnel injured in Afghanistan (June 2009-August 2011). The IFI rates ranged from 0·2% to 11·7% among ward and intensive care unit admissions, respectively (6·8% overall). Seventy-seven IFI cases were classified as proven/probable (n = 54) and possible/unclassifiable (n = 23) and compared in a case-case analysis. There was no difference in clinical characteristics between the proven/probable and possible/unclassifiable cases. Possible IFI cases had shorter time to diagnosis (P = 0·02) and initiation of antifungal therapy (P = 0·05) and fewer operative visits (P = 0·002) compared to proven/probable cases, but clinical outcomes were similar between the groups. Although the trauma-related IFI classification scheme did not provide prognostic information, it is an effective tool for clinical and epidemiological surveillance and research.

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AdultAfghanistanAntifungal AgentsFungemiaHumansMaleMilitary PersonnelPrognosisUnited StatesWound InfectionWounds and InjuriesYoung AdultAntifungal Agents

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