Infectious Diseases in Critical Care Medicine

SUMMARY
Infectious complications have decreased in the severely burned due to effective strategies for
prevention and treatment. Nonetheless, infections in the severely burned are still common and
can be lethal, highlighted by burn wound infection and pneumonia. Infections common to
other critically ill patients are also seen in burn patients and require similar therapeutic
interventions. Further strategies to prevent and treat infections in burned patients are still
needed and are being actively researched.

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