title: Acinetobacter skin carriage among US army soldiers deployed in Iraq.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA. matthew.griffith@amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Matthew E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: Donald R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Boger
authors.forename: Duane R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hospenthal
authors.forename: Clinton K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: 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