Analysis of wound infections in combat injuries in US (a literature review)

The article describes problems faced by military doctors in providing medical care to military personnel who had participated in armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors also discuss results and achievements of multicenter study on consequences of infected wounds TIDOS (The Trauma Infectious Diseases Outcomes Study) of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) within the program of clinical researches on infectious diseases (USU Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program – IDCRP). Possible directions for further researches and their importance are also discussed.