ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2024
Clinical impact of fungal colonization of burn wounds in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study.
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- [S3 guideline on sepsis-prevention, diagnosis, therapy, and follow-up care-update 2025].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Guideline
- Infections in Burn Patients: Pathophysiology, Prevention, and Contemporary Therapeutic Strategies in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2026Review
- Burn Infections and Sepsis: Challenges and Future Prospects of Antibacterial Therapy.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Managing Infections in Burn Patients: Strategies and Considerations for Antimicrobial Dosing.European burn journal · 2025Review
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- New Challenges in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis in Extensive Pediatric Burns.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Role of oxidative stress in post-burn wound healing.Burns & trauma · 2025Review
- When the fungus is among us: does colonization portend later invasive fungal infection?Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2024Article
- Isotonic medium treatment limits burn wound microbial colonisation and improves tissue repair.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyArticle
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Abstract
Background: Invasive fungal infections in burn victims significantly increase mortality and hospitalization. The effect of fungal burn wound colonization has not been established. Methods: All adult patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) with burns ≥10% of total body surface area (TBSA) between 2005 and 2021 were included. Superficial swabs were collected whenever clinical suspicion of wound colonization was raised, and deep tissue samples were sent at any wound excision. The primary outcome was the incidence of invasive fungal infections defined as any deep tissue fungal infection or fungemia. Results: Of 242 patients included, 39 (16.1%) had fungal wound colonization, 22 (56.4%) with yeasts and 24 (61.5%) molds. Patients with fungal colonization had a significantly higher rate of invasive fungal infections (82.1% vs 3.9%, p< Conclusions: Fungal burn wound colonization is associated with increased risk of invasive fungal infections and mortality. Level of Evidence: This a single center, retrospective cohort study.
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