Acinetobacter skin carriage among US army soldiers deployed in Iraq.
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.
Griffith
Matthew E
ME
Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA. matthew.griffith@amedd.army.mil
Lazarus
Donald R
DR
Mann
Paul B
PB
Boger
John A
JA
Hospenthal
Duane R
DR
Murray
Clinton K
CK
D016954:Acinetobacter calcoaceticus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000382:microbiology