Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria and Diagnostic Point-of-Care Options for the Field Setting during Military Operations

Joint Authors

Podbielski, Andreas
Frickmann, Hagen
Kreikemeyer, B.

Source

BioMed Research International

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-06-12

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

The spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria in resource-poor settings affects the military medical service in case of deployments of soldiers to war and crisis zones.

Patients with war injuries are prone to colonization or infection with multidrug-resistant bacteria.

Resistant Gram-negative bacteria play a dominant role in military wound infections.

Problematic hygiene conditions on deployment facilitate exposition of soldiers with subsequent colonization.

Although colonizing strains are frequently cleared from their hosts after returning from deployment, transmission to close contacts of the soldiers in the home country cannot be excluded and therapeutic options are reduced if colonization progresses to invasive infection.

Since sophisticated culture-based diagnostic approaches are typically not available in the field setting on deployment, molecular rapid diagnostic test systems are an option for transmission control if the locally prevalent molecular resistance mechanisms are known.

Efforts for global resistance surveillance can contribute to better understanding of resistance distribution and spread at deployment sites.

This review summarizes experience of the military medical services with multidrug resistance on deployment and with the influx of resistant strains to the home country and discusses potential use of available molecular rapid test systems as an option for the field setting.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Frickmann, Hagen& Podbielski, Andreas& Kreikemeyer, B.. 2018. Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria and Diagnostic Point-of-Care Options for the Field Setting during Military Operations. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1129705

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Frickmann, Hagen…[et al.]. Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria and Diagnostic Point-of-Care Options for the Field Setting during Military Operations. BioMed Research International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1129705

American Medical Association (AMA)

Frickmann, Hagen& Podbielski, Andreas& Kreikemeyer, B.. Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria and Diagnostic Point-of-Care Options for the Field Setting during Military Operations. BioMed Research International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1129705

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1129705