Building on ethnographic research on wounds and the ecologies of war and health care in Iraq and across the Middle East, this talk explores the rise of Iraqibacter, a moniker given to Acinetobacter ...

A super-germ that's become a lethal threat to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan may have met its match in a novel technique that kills entire bacterial colonies within hours. Iraqibacter was once treated ...

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A benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. soldiers as Iraqibacter. A benign bug becomes a highly lethal pathogen, known to U.S. soldiers as Iraqibacter.

Canadian soldiers are bringing home from dusty Afghanistan a powerful, drug-resistant superbug that health officials have been worrying about for several years. Three Canadian soldiers who recently ...