The Bacterial Flora of the Blood Stream in the Korean Battle Casualty

The Histotoxic Clostridial Infections of Man 12

“…Their study was based on an extensive analysis of the clostridial flora in the soil of the European battlefields in World War I (1093) and on a relatively small series of 21 civilian cases of gas gangrene, but the more extensive data obtained since then and, in particular, in World War II have on the whole been confirmatory (Tables 12 and 13). Essentially similar figures have also been reported from American wounded in Korea (592)(593)(594)981). They have not, however, been quoted in detail here, since not all of the criteria used in species identification are generally accepted.…”

Extracellular stress and lipopolysaccharide modulate Acinetobacter baumannii surface-associated motility

“…In Asia, co-morbid conditions, such as diabetes mellitus, heavy smoking, and excess alcohol consumption also predispose individuals to A. baumannii infection (Falagas et al, 2007;Alsultan et al, 2009). Additionally, A. baumannii is a well-established war-related pathogen, recorded initially in the Korean War, with increasing prevalence in each of the subsequent conflicts (Lindberg et al, 1955;Tong, 1972;Petersen et al, 2007;Calhoun et al, 2008). In the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, A. baumannii is one of the dominant Gram-negative bacteria to complicate wound healing in wounded military personnel (Gootz and Marra, 2008;Dallo and Weitao, 2010).…”

Acinetobacter in modern warfare

“…infecting war wounds was possibly from the Korean War, when Achromobacter spp. (a previous Acinetobacter nomenclature) was isolated from the blood culture of a casualty [22]. It is often quoted that Acinetobacter spp.…”