ArticleInfectious diseases & clinical microbiology2026
Evaluation of Wound Infections after the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes.
Article in Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Does Antibiotic Choice for Prophylaxis Affect the Outcome of Wound Infections in Earthquake Victims?Infectious diseases & clinical microbiology · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: Wound infections represent a major concern among earthquake survivors, particularly in patients requiring emergency surgical interventions. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have increasingly been reported as dominant pathogens in post-earthquake infections. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and microbiological characteristics of trauma-related wound infections following the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes and to assess empirical antimicrobial treatment strategies. Materials and Methods: This retrospective observational study included adult patients with post-earthquake wound infections who were admitted to Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Hospitals. Demographic, clinical, and microbiological data were analyzed, and factors associated with MDR infections were statistically evaluated. Results: The study included 47 patients. The median duration of entrapment under debris was 18 hours (range, 0.5-120 hours), and 74.5% of patients had crush syndrome. Among the 41 patients (87.2%) referred from external centers, 51.2% had received prior antibiotic therapy. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) microorganisms were detected in 57.4% of cases. Conclusion: Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, particularly
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.