Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict.
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.
Turton
Jane F
JF
Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, UK.
Kaufmann
Mary E
ME
Gill
Martin J
MJ
Pike
Rachel
R
Scott
Paul T
PT
Fishbain
Joel
J
Craft
David
D
Deye
Gregory
G
Riddell
Scott
S
Lindler
Luther E
LE
Pitt
Tyrone L
TL
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial