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

Table 2

Wound infection rate of open fractures with different Gustilo-Anderson types grouped by seawater contamination.

Gustilo-Anderson classification	Seawater contamination	Wound infection		P value
		No	Yes
I	No	394 (95)	22 (5)	0.38
	Yes	39 (98)	1 (2)
II	No	274 (89)	35 (11)	0.03
	Yes	15 (71)	6 (29)
IIIA	No	92 (65)	49 (35)	0.02
	Yes	3 (27)	8 (73)
IIIB	No	118 (61)	75 (39)	0.02
	Yes	4 (29)	10 (71)
IIIC	No	95 (56)	76 (44)	<0.001
	Yes	4 (19)	17 (81)
Overall	No	973 (79)	257 (21)	<0.001
	Yes	65 (61)	42 (39)