USU Tracks Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance in Ukraine Combat Wounds
BLUF – The Uniformed Services University is collaborating on the ARROW study of more than 900 combat trauma patients across five Ukrainian hospitals, finding that highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria carrying NDM and OXA-48 resistance genes can emerge early in the casualty evacuation process, complicating wound treatment when evacuation and surgical care are delayed. For Navy Medicine, these findings underscore the need to strengthen infection prevention, antimicrobial stewardship, rapid diagnostics and treatment protocols for prolonged field care, particularly during large-scale combat operations where delayed evacuation may render standard antibiotics ineffective.
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