Table 5.
Number of participants with gram-negative bacteria by body site of 100 healthy US military service members deployed to Afghanistan who presented to an acute care clinic
Isolate* | Nares | Oropharynx | Axilla | Groin | Hand | Foot | Perirectal | Number of participants colonized |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total MDR bacteria (all Escherichia coli) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 (4) |
0 |
1 (1) |
9 (10) |
11 (15) |
Total non-MDR bacteria |
12 (13) |
8 (10) |
13 (14) |
20 (27) |
12 (12) |
12 (14) |
65 (107) |
80 (197) |
Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1) |
3 (3) |
0 |
4 (4) |
Acinetobacter lwoffii |
0 |
0 |
3 (3) |
2 (2) |
5 (5) |
5 (5) |
1 (1) |
13 (16) |
Alcaligenes species |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 |
2 (2) |
1 (1) |
2 (2) |
1 (1) |
5 (7) |
Citrobacter species |
1 (1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (1) |
3 (3) |
5 (5) |
Enterobacter aerogenes |
5 (6) |
2 (2) |
4 (4) |
1 (1) |
1 (1) |
0 |
2 (2) |
9 (16) |
Enterobacter cloacae |
0 |
1 (2) |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 |
3 (4) |
Escherichia coli |
2 (2) |
0 |
3 (3) |
12 (17) |
0 |
0 |
57 (75) |
59 (97) |
Klebsiella oxytoca |
3 (3) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 (3) |
Klebsiella pneumoniae |
0 |
0 |
2 (2) |
2 (2) |
0 |
0 |
19 (20) |
20 (24) |
Proteus species |
0 |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 (2) |
3 (3) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 |
1 (1) |
0 |
0 |
2 (2) |
2 (4) |
Serratia marcescens |
1 (1) |
1 (2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 (3) |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Other** | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 11 (11) |
Number of isolates in ().
* Participants can be colonized with multiple bacteria or clones of bacteria.
**Other isolates includes: Comamonas testosteroni, Enterobacter gergoviae, Moraxella species (2), Pantoea agglomerans (3), Pseudomonas species, Pseudomonas putida, Serratia liquefaciens, Sphingomonas paucimobilis.