High Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Recovered from Afghan Patients at a Deployed US Military Hospital

Sutter, Deena; U. Bradshaw, Linda; H. Simkins, Lucas; M. Summers, Amy; Atha, Michael; L. Elwood, Robert; L. Robertson, Janelle; K. Murray, Clinton; Wortmann, Glenn; R. Hospenthal, Duane

doi:10.1086/661284

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High Incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria Recovered from Afghan Patients at a Deployed US Military Hospital

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • Aug 9, 2011

Authors:

Deena Sutter

Linda U. Bradshaw

Lucas H. Simkins

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate potential sources and risks associated with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria in a deployed US military hospital. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of factors associated with recovery of MDR bacteria, supplemented by environmental sampling. SETTING: The largest US military ho...

Subject

Afghan

Acinetobacter

Bacteria

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