Table 1.
Patient No. | Age Range (yr) | Sex | Weight (kg) | Height (cm) | Days After Burn | TBSA (%) | Full Thickness Burns Area (%) | Baux Score | Culture Site | Organism Isolated | Survivor 90 d |
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High-dose group (12 mg/kg/d) | |||||||||||
1 | 30–40 | M | 70 | 167 | 80 | 99 | 95 | 156 | Yes | ||
2 | 20–30 | M | 67 | 170 | 47 | 95 | 90 | 140 | Blood cultures/wound | MRSA | Yes |
3 | 20–30 | F | 55 | 162 | 72 | 98 | 85 | 145 | No | ||
4 | 20–30 | M | 65 | 169 | 49 | 98 | 64 | 135 | Blood cultures/wound | MRSA | Yes |
5 | 40–50 | F | 65 | 155 | 33 | 50 | 40 | 110 | Yes | ||
6 | 40–50 | M | 68 | 167 | 19 | 85 | 75 | 155 | Blood cultures | MRSA | Yes |
7 | 40–50 | F | 53 | 156 | 25 | 95 | 90 | 162 | No | ||
Standard-dose group (6 mg/kg/d) | |||||||||||
8 | 40–50 | M | 72 | 167 | 60 | 99 | 95 | 158 | Wound | MRSA | Yes |
9 | 20–30 | F | 55 | 162 | 63 | 98 | 85 | 145 | No | ||
10 | 40–50 | M | 60 | 158 | 43 | 95 | 80 | 156 | Wound | MRSA | Yes |
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Baux score = Burns area + Age + 17 × (inhalation injury, yes = 1, no = 0).