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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2630-2634, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00547-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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,1 Mary E. Kaufmann,1 Martin J. Gill,3 Rachel Pike,2 Paul T. Scott,4 Joel Fishbain,5 David Craft,5 Gregory Deye,6 Scott Riddell,6 Luther E. Lindler,4 and Tyrone L. Pitt1*

Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection,1 Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom,2 University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham B15 2TJ, United Kingdom,3 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910,4 Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.,5 Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany6

Received 14 March 2006/ Returned for modification 22 April 2006/ Accepted 12 May 2006

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address. Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection, Centre for Infections, Health Protection Agency, 61, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5EQ, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0)208 327 7224. Fax: 44(0)208 200 7449. E-mail: tyrone.pitt{at}hpa.org.uk.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2006, p. 2630-2634, Vol. 44, No. 7
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00547-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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