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ArticleInternational journal of microbiology2020

The Novel Role of Healing from Bacterial Infections of Lower Limb Open Fractures by X-Ray Exposure.

Ali A Mahdi, Tuqa S Al-Salmani, Mustafa M Al-Qaisi

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Article in International journal of microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Ali A MahdiCollege of Health & Medical Technology, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.
Tuqa S Al-SalmaniCollege of Health & Medical Technology, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8569-0730
Mustafa M Al-QaisiCollege of Health & Medical Technology, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo confirm the role of X-ray exposure in treating infected wound fractures at the lower limb and determine X-ray exposure times.

methodsFifty-one wound swabs were collected from patients with infected open fractures at the lower limb with grade II, IIIA, B, and C according to the Gustilo and Anderson classification system and then cultured. The bacterial isolates were identified by biochemical tests and the VITEK-2 System and tested against several antibiotics. The X-ray exposure was done for open fractures by radiography (at kV133 and 5 milliambers).

resultsThe higher isolation rate was recorded for

conclusionsThe study concluded that X-ray exposure showed high effectiveness in treating infected open fractures.

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PMID32256601
PMCPMC7106931

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