Research Article

A Descriptive Study of Open Fractures Contaminated by Seawater: Infection, Pathogens, and Antibiotic Resistance

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics.

Seawater contamination No seawater contamination value
()()

Age40.6 ± 11.439.0 ± 13.50.17
Gender
 Male77 (72)890 (72)0.93
 Female30 (28)340 (28)
Gustilo-Anderson classification
 I40 (37)416 (34)0.36
 II21 (20)309 (25)
 IIIA11 (10)141 (11)
 IIIB14 (13)193 (16)
 IIIC21 (20)171 (14)
Location of open fracture
 Upper limb46 (43)508 (41)0.13
 Lower limb61 (57)677 (55)
 Another location0 (0)45 (4)

Figures are numbers (percentage).