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Mortality Associated with Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Bacteremia among Patients with War-Related Trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Grace Kang ,
Joshua D. Hartzell ,
Robin Howard ,
Robert N. Wood-Morris ,
Mark D. Johnson ,
Susan Fraser ,
Amy Weintrob  and
Glenn Wortmann
Grace Kang
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Joshua D. Hartzell
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Robin Howard
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Investigation, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.
Robert N. Wood-Morris
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Mark D. Johnson
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Susan Fraser
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Amy Weintrob
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
Glenn Wortmann*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
*
Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Building 2, Ward 63, 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20307-5001 (glenn.wortmann@us.army.mil)
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We investigated the mortality associated with Adnetobacter baumannii complex bacteremia among a cohort of patients hospitalized for war-related trauma. Despite a high prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains, the 30-day mortality rate was 2%. For relatively young patients with war-related trauma, A. baumannii complex bacteremia appears to be associated with a low risk of death.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 92 - 94
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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