Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Included Culture-Positive Burn Patients.

Patient characteristic	n/N (%) or median (IQR)
Age (years)	52 (40-62)
18-40	45/173
41-60	79/173
61-80	39/173
81+	10/173
Sex
Male	126/173 (
Female	47/173 (
Smoking status
Current	66/173
Former	14/173
Never	53/173
NR	39/173
Diabetic	27/173
Burn TBSA	18 (7-37.5)
0-9%	51/173
10-19%	36/173
20-29%	28/173
30+%	47/173
NR	9/173
Burn site
Head and neck	70/173
Upper limb	130/173
Lower limb	93/173
Trunk/abdomen	107/173
Inhalation injury	32/173
Full thickness burn	94/173
Burn etiology+
Flame	113/173
Contact	23/173
Scald	20/173
Chemical	18/173
Electrical	8/173
NR	4/173

⁺One patient had both a flame and a contact burn.

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NR, not reported; TBSA, total body surface area.