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To determine the prevalence of bacterial species in pressure ulcers (PU) in patients with spinal cord injury treated by a Physically Handicapped Association.

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Additional prospective microbiological investigations are needed to assess the prevalence of pathogens in patients with PU injured thus instituting, nutritional, therapeutic and educational programs that reduce bacterial colonization and infection.

Dr Luís Carlos Lopes-Júnior
Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar

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This page is a summary of: Pressure ulcers in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury: subsidies in microbiological identification, Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, April 2014, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO,
DOI: 10.9789/2175-5361.2014v6n2p747.
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