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Table 3 Yield of the various types of culture in total and according to TBSA group

From: Burns infection profile of Singapore: prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and the role of blood cultures

  

TBSA group

Culture

Total, n (%)

I, n (%)

II, n (%)

III, n (%)

IV, n (%)

V, n (%)

Wound

323

196

64

46

17

0

 Yield

170 (52.6)

104 (53.1)

25 (39.1)

32 (69.6)

9 (52.9)

0

Tissue

1070

381

174

231

284

0

 Yield

556 (52.0)

207 (54.3)

52 (29.9)

116 (50.2)

181 (63.7)

0

Endotracheal

163

29

6

33

86

9

 Yield

64 (39.3)

8 (27.6)

2 (33.3)

15 (45.5)

36 (41.9)

3 (33.3)

Line

149

20

2

44

82

1

 Yield

41 (27.5)

5 (25.0)

1 (50.0)

13 (29.5)

22 (26.8)

0

Urine

267

83

17

75

83

9

 Yield

52 (19.5)

20 (24.1)

0 (0)

18 (24)

12 (14.5)

2 (22.2)

Blood

711

123

57

205

315

11

 Yield

101 (14.2)

2 (1.6)

0 (0)

23 (11.2)

74 (23.5)

2 (18.2)

  1. TBSA total body surface area, I TBSA burn < 10 %, II 10 % ≤ TBSA burn < 20 %, III 20 % ≤ TBSA burn < 40 %, IV TBSA burn ≥ 40 %, V inhalational injury