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 | | () | () |
| Age | 40.6 ± 11.4 | 39.0 ± 13.5 | 0.17 | Gender | | | | Male | 77 (72) | 890 (72) | 0.93 | Female | 30 (28) | 340 (28) | Gustilo-Anderson classification | | | | I | 40 (37) | 416 (34) | 0.36 | II | 21 (20) | 309 (25) | IIIA | 11 (10) | 141 (11) | IIIB | 14 (13) | 193 (16) | IIIC | 21 (20) | 171 (14) | Location of open fracture | | | | Upper limb | 46 (43) | 508 (41) | 0.13 | Lower limb | 61 (57) | 677 (55) | Another location | 0 (0) | 45 (4) |
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Figures are numbers (percentage).
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