William A. Agger, Thomas H. Cogbill, Henry
M. Busch Jr., Jeffrey Landercasper, Steven M. Callister
NIOSH Education and Information Division
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ABSTRACT
The
infectious complications in 23 patients with mutilating wounds
due to trauma during corn harvesting were compared with those
in 41 patients with factory-related hand injuries of similar
severity. Initial cultures revealed bacterial growth in 89%
of the agricultural wounds and in 63% of the factory wounds.
A mean of 3.8 initial bacterial species were isolated per
corn-harvesting wound vs.0.9 species per factory wound. Gram-negative
rods were recovered from 81% of the agricultural wounds; the
commonest of these organisms were Enterobacter species and
Xanthomonas maltophilia. Only 7% of factory-wound cultures
grew gram-negative rods. Osteomyelitis, all with gram-negative
rods, developed in five (22%) of the patients with farm injuries
but did not occur in patients with factory wounds. More gram-negative
rods were recovered from environmental cultures of corn-harvesting
machines and corn plants than from those of factory machinery.
JOURNAL AND
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ID#
JOURNAL: Rev
Infect Dis. 1986; 8(6): 927-931.
Note:
Reviews of Infectious Diseases.
NLOM ID#:
87093727
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Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service,
Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
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