Trauma-related Infections in Battlefield Casualties From Iraq

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Authors

Kyle Petersen · Naval Medical Research Command

Mark S. Riddle · United States Naval Medical Research Unit III

Janine Danko · Naval Medical Research Command

David L. Blazes · Naval Medical Research Unit Six

Richard E. Hayden

Sybil Tasker · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

James R. Dunne

Abstract

Similar to the Vietnam War experience, gram-negative rods, particularly Acinetobacter species, accounted for the majority of wound infections cared for on USNS Comfort during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Multidrug resistance was common, with the exception of the carbapenem class, limiting antibiotic therapy options.

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Disaster Response and Management Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes

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Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 245, Issue 5, pp. 803-811

DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000251707.32332.c1

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Trauma-related Infections in Battlefield Casualties From Iraq

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