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

Jane F Turton; Mary E Kaufmann; Martin J Gill; Rachel Pike; Paul T Scott; Joel Fishbain; David Craft; Gregory Deye; Scott Riddell; Luther E Lindler; Tyrone L Pitt

doi:10.1128/JCM.00547-06

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.

Authors

Jane F Turton¹, Mary E Kaufmann, Martin J Gill, Rachel Pike, Paul T Scott, Joel Fishbain, David Craft, Gregory Deye, Scott Riddell, Luther E Lindler, Tyrone L Pitt

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London, and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, UK.

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