Skin and soft-tissue infections among tsunami survivors in southern Thailand.

Hiransuthikul, Narin; Tantisiriwat, Woraphot; Lertutsahakul, Krittavith; Vibhagool, Asda; Boonma, Paitoon · Clin Infect Dis · 2005

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Abstract

Among 777 patients transferred to 4 hospitals in Bangkok from southern Thailand after the tsunami of 26 December 2004, there were 515 with skin and soft-tissue infections. The most common organisms isolated were Aeromonas species (145 [22.6%] of 641 isolates from 305 patients). Most isolates were susceptible to aminoglycosides, third- and fourth-generation cephalosporins, quinolones, and imipenem but were resistant to amoxicillin-clavulanate and first-generation cephalosporins.

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