Bacteriology in burn patients undergoing mechanical ventilation

In this paper the authors introduce a retrospective study of the incidence of infectious processes in the Burns Unit of the Cruces Hospital (Bilbao), in those patients treated between 1995 and 1998, and who needed, for different reasons, mechanical ventilatory support. The most common microorganisms found in wound cultures, plugged telescoping catheter and blood cultures and analyse variations throughout the stay in the Burns Unit are described.