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- Title
ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII IN BALKAN MILITARY OPERATION THEATERS.
- Authors
KARNESIS, Lazaros
- Abstract
AIM: Combat-related multi drug resistant (MDR) infections have become a feature of modern warfare. Both Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) and US military operation in Vietnam have been milestoneS for notoriety of MDR A.baumannii, which was renamed to Iraqinobacter. This observation created the requirement to relocate our interest to its effect in Balkan Military Operation Theaters. MATERIAL-METHOD: This review study relied on the related to A.baumannii global military medical bibliography, as well as on the indigenous publications from members of the Balkan Military Medical Committee. RESULTS: Outbreaks MDR A.baumannii infections in battlefi eld seem to bechance due to conditions in military fi eld hospitals and empirical antibiotic usage. Additionally, MDR and carbapenem resistant A.baumannii presence and contamination in Balkan was ascertained. These isolates were similar to OXA-producing A.baumannii in Iraq-Afghanistan. CONCLUSIONS: The risk of MDR or pan-drug resistant A.baumannii infection is common in all battlefi elds. This danger increases when the bacterium colonizes the medical facilities in peacetime. Novel infection control strategies in military fi eld hospitals combined with a conservative use of antimicrobial drugs will possibly give impetus to combat medicine. Moreover the looming active and passive immunization against A.baumannii is coming.
- Publication
Balkan Military Medical Review, 2014, Vol 17, p7
- ISSN
1107-6275
- Publication type
Article