Volume 16, Number 6—June 2010
Dispatch
Causes of Infection after Earthquake, China, 2008
Yue Wang, Peng Hao, Bo Lu, Hua Yu, Wenfang Huang, Hongliang Hou, and Kerong Dai
Table 1
Pathogenic bacteria isolated from persons injured during earthquake, Wenchuan, China, 2008
| Source | Bacteria, no. (%)* |
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| A.b. | E.c. | S.a. | K.p. | Enteric bacilli | P.a. | C.a. | CN staph | S.m. | S.s. | Others | Total | |
| Wound | 42 (24.9) | 26 (15.4) | 20 (11.8) | 16 (9.5) | 16 (9.5) | 13 (7.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 (21.3) | 169 |
| Sputum | 29 (24.2) | 6 (5.0) | 12 (10.0) | 6 (5.0) | 12 (10.0) | 5 (4.2) | 18 (15.0) | 6 (5.0) | 0 | 0 | 26 (21.6) | 120 |
| Blood | 3 (13.6) | 4 (18.2) | 6 (27.3) | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 0 | 1 (4.5) | 0 | 2 (9.1) | 2 (9.1) | 2 (9.1) | 22 |
*A.b., Acinetobacter baumanii; E.c., Escherichia coli; S.a., Staphylococcus aureus; K.p., Klebsiella pneumoniae; P.a., Pseudomonas aeruginosa; C.a., Candida albicans; CN staph, coagulase-negative staphylococci; S.m., Serratia marcescens; S.s.,Staphylococcus saprophyticus.
