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Infection in conflict wound Eardley WGP et All. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B (2011) 366, 204–218 Although mechanisms of modern military wounding may be distinct from those of ancient conflicts, the infectious sequelae of ballistic trauma and the evolving microbial flora of war wounds remain a considerable burden on both the injured combatant and their deployed medical systems. Battlefieldsurgeons of ancient times favoured suppuration in war wounding and as such Galenic encouragement of pus formation would hinder progress in wound care for centuries. Napoleonic...

Effect of Initial Projectile Speed on Contamination Distribution in a Lower Extremity Surrogate “Wound Track” Krebsbach MA et All., Military Medicine, 177, 5:573, 2012  Le nettoyage précoce et la couverture des orifices d'entrée et de sortie sont donc théoriquement des maillons importants de la lutte contre l'infection des plaies de guerre. Accéder au document

Guidelines for the prevention of infections associated with combat-related injuries: 2011 update