Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from the United Kingdom and the United States that were associated with repatriated casualties of the Iraq conflict

J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jul;44(7):2630-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00547-06.

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / epidemiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / classification*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / genetics*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Humans
  • Integrons / genetics
  • Iraq
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Military Personnel*
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Warfare*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial