title: Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict.
abstract: Acinetobacter isolates associated with casualties from the Iraq conflict from the United States were compared with those from the United Kingdom by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and integron analysis. Representatives of the main outbreak strain associated with casualties from both countries were indistinguishable in DNA profile. Two further outbreak strains were common to both sets of isolates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, UK.
authors.forename: Jane F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Turton
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fishbain
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Craft
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deye
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riddell
authors.forename: Luther E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lindler
authors.forename: Tyrone L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Pitt
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics; D007493:Iraq; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008889:Military Personnel; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial