The Health minister in the UK has confirmed that a strain of Acinetobacter baumannii with multiple antibiotic resistance has been isolated from injured soldiers returning to the UK from Iraq. The multi-resistant strain of A. baumannii known as the 'T strain' has been reported to have caused an outbreak at one UK hospital infecting at least 93 people. In the US A. baumannii has been identified in more than 240 military personnel since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and has been associated with five deaths.

Acinetobacter Molecular Biology