TY - JOUR
T1 - Longitudinal characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonizing and infecting combat casualties
AU - Sensenig, Rebekah A.
AU - Murray, Clinton K.
AU - Mende, Katrin
AU - Wolf, Steven E.
AU - Chung, Kevin K.
AU - Hospenthal, Duane R.
AU - Yun, Heather C.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System , a Division of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center , and by the Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program (IDCRP), of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS).
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonize and infect combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. We retrospectively evaluated relatedness, by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and antibiotic susceptibility testing, of isolates colonizing and infecting casualties over 2 years. Colonizing organisms were unrelated to isolates producing later infection in up to 27% of cases; most isolates underwent change in antibiotic susceptibilities. The same is true for serial infecting isolates recovered during hospitalization.
AB - Drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonize and infect combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. We retrospectively evaluated relatedness, by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and antibiotic susceptibility testing, of isolates colonizing and infecting casualties over 2 years. Colonizing organisms were unrelated to isolates producing later infection in up to 27% of cases; most isolates underwent change in antibiotic susceptibilities. The same is true for serial infecting isolates recovered during hospitalization.
KW - Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex
KW - Colonization
KW - Klebsiella pneumoniae
KW - MRSA
KW - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
KW - Multidrug resistant
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.025
DO - 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.025
M3 - Article
C2 - 21802175
AN - SCOPUS:84857795014
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 40
SP - 183
EP - 185
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 2
ER -