Search for: [Abstract = "The material includes 105 children treated for severe thermal injuries in Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burns, University Children’s Hospital of Cracow \(Chair and Department of Pediatric Surgery, Polish\-American Institute of Pediatrics, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University\) and Pediatric Burn Center in the years 1996\-2005. The thesis is a retrospective, descriptive and comparative analysis. The data of patients treated in the above\-mentioned period were analyzed from the epidemiological and clinical viewpoint. The author gave a detailed description of the dynamic process of development, spread and increase of complexity in colonization and infections of burn wounds in the experimental group, as well as the dependence of microbiological flora on the age of the patient, body surface area and depth involved by the burn, the time interval after the injury and therapeutic modalities. The analysis was performed in 1327 microbacteriological cultures, including 457 cultures of material originating from burn wounds, 429 blood cultures, 215 urine cultures and 226 cultures of material from the endotracheal tubes. The statistical analysis was based on descriptive statistical functions. Qualitative or quantitative data grouped into classes were compared employing χ2–based tests \(the χ2 and its modifications – the Fisher’s exact test and the χ2 test with Yates’ mod"]

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