Evaluation of White Blood Cell Count, Lymphocyte Percentage, Neutrophil Percentage, and Elevated Temperature as Predictors of Wound Infection in Burn Patients.

Introduction: Infection remains a chief cause of morbidity and mortality among burn patients. The burn wound surface is initially sterile after a thermal injury but eventually gets colonized by microorganisms. A burn wound is considered infected upon the presence of high concentrations of microorganisms in the wound and scab.