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. 2017 May 31;7(2):99–111. doi: 10.1556/1886.2017.00008

Table 1.

Characterization of the study population

Country Number (n) Gender Age (years) ± SD Main diagnoses Percentage of patients with systemic antibiotic therapy (%) Observed clinical outcomes (%)
Libya 6 Male 32.2 ± 3.8 Gun shot injury (n = 3)
Limb amputation (n = 1)
Splinter injury (n = 1)
Wound infection (n = 1)
0 100 dismissal
Syria 9 Male 25.1 ± 4.9 Gun shot injury (n = 6)
Blast injury (n = 3)
0 77.7 dismissal,
22.2 other*1
Ukraine 10 Male 27.7 ± 7.8 Gun shot injury (n = 5)
Splinter injury (n = 4)
Blast injury (n = 1)
70 70.0 dismissal,
10.0 transfer,
20.0 other*2
Total 25 Male 27.8 ± 6.4 --------------------------
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28 80.0 dismissal,
4.0 transfer,
16.0 other*3

Explanation of observed clinical outcomes: *1: n = 1 got transferred to another hospital and escaped before dismissal, n = 1 disappeared somewhere in Germany without an official dismissal

*2: n = 1 was sent back home because of aggressive behavior towards nursing staff, n = 1 was still hospitalized at the time-point of data acquisition

*3: referring to *1 and *2 (n = 4)