Article: Immunization Schedule Protects Burn Patients.

2001 FEB 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) --

by Michelle Marble, staff medical writer -- According to a study from South Korea, burn patients will benefit from a three-dose vaccine schedule to protect against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

"The aim of the present study was to compare two immunization schedules for a Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane proteins (OMPs) vaccine in burn patients," D.K. Kim and colleagues, Hallym University, wrote in the journal Vaccine. "In a double-blind, randomized, and placebo-controlled clinical trial, 95 adult patients with burn injuries in 10% or greater of total body surface area were randomly allocated to either placebo or ...

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