Post-traumatic osteomyelitis in Middle East war-wounded civilians: resistance to first-line antibiotics in selected bacteria over the decade 2006–2016

Abstract Background War-wounded civilians in Middle East countries are at risk of post-traumatic osteomyelitis (PTO). We aimed to describe and compare the bacterial etiology and proportion of first-line antibiotics resistant bacteria (FLAR) among PTO cases in civilians from Syria, Iraq and Yemen adm...

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Main Authors: Fabien Fily, Jean-Baptiste Ronat, Nada Malou, Rupa Kanapathipillai, Caroline Seguin, Nagham Hussein, Rasheed M. Fakhri, Céline Langendorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3741-9