Burns
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 488-490 , August 2004

Late secondary spontaneous pneumothorax occurring in a major burn patient with inhalation injury following MRSA pneumonia

  • G Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Ibn-Sina Hospital, Post Box No. 25427, Safat 13115, Kuwait
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +965-4834785; fax: +965-4811784.
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  • J Saldanha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ibn-Sina Hospital, Safat, Kuwait
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  • M.K Ebrahim

      Affiliations

    • Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Ibn-Sina Hospital, Post Box No. 25427, Safat 13115, Kuwait
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  • I Ghoneim

      Affiliations

    • Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, Ibn-Sina Hospital, Post Box No. 25427, Safat 13115, Kuwait

,Accepted 22 January 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00035-X

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.01.016

Burns
Volume 30, Issue 5 , Pages 488-490 , August 2004

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