“…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).…”