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US soldiers in Iraq fighting drug-resistant bacteria after injuries
05-16-2007 · EurekAlert!US soldiers in Iraq do not carry the bacteria responsible for difficult-to-treat wound infections found in military hospitals treating soldiers wounded in Iraq, according to an article to be published electronically on Wednesday, May 16, 2007, in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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