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. 2013 Feb 5;13:68. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-68

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.

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