Acinetobacter skin carriage among US army soldiers deployed in Iraq

Matthew E. Griffith; Donald R. Lazarus; Paul B. Mann; John A. Boger; Duane R. Hospenthal; Clinton K. Murray

doi:10.1086/518966

Acinetobacter skin carriage among US army soldiers deployed in Iraq

Matthew E. Griffith^*, Donald R. Lazarus, Paul B. Mann, John A. Boger, Duane R. Hospenthal, Clinton K. Murray

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Abstract

Skin carriage of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii complex was not detected among a representative sample of 102 US Army soldiers stationed in Iraq. This observation refutes the hypothesis that preinjury skin carriage serves as the reservoir for the Acinetobacter infections seen in US military combat casualties.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	720-722
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	28
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/518966
State	Published - Jun 2007
Externally published	Yes

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Acinetobacter skin carriage among US army soldiers deployed in Iraq

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