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Background Results Acknowledgments Correspondence Epidemiology and Timing of Infectious Complications from Battlefield-Related Burn Injuries Matthew R Geringer, DO1, Laveta Stewart, PhD, MSc, MPH2,3, Faraz Shaikh, MS2,3, M. Leigh Carson, MS2,3, Dan Lu, MS2,3, Leopoldo C Cancio, MD4, Jennifer M Gurney, MD4,5, David R Tribble, MD, DrPH2, and John L Kiley, MD1 1Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, 2Infectious Disease Clinical Research Program, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 3Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc, Bethesda, MD, 4U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 5Joint Trauma System, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX We are indebted to the TIDOS team of clinical coordinators, microbiology technicians, data managers, clinical site managers, and administrative support personnel for their contributions to the success of this project. This project has been funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH), under Inter-Agency Agreement Y1-AI-5072, the Defense Health Program, U.S. DoD, under award HU0001190002, and the Department of the Navy under the Wounded, Ill, and Injured Program and the Military Infectious Diseases Research Program. Results (cont.) Contact info: CPT Matthew R Geringer Matthew.R.Geringer.mil@health.mil  Burn injuries are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality, representing approximately 8.8% of all casualties medically evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan  Combat-related burn injuries became more common with use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs)  Increasing burn total body surface area (TBSA) is associated with infectious complications with most frequent etiologies to include skin and soft-tissue infection (SSTI), pneumonia, bloodstream infection, and urinary tract infecti, RITM0029538, Burn injuries are a cause of significant morbidity and mortality, representing approximately 8.8% of all casualties medically evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan ? Combat-related burn injuries became more common with use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) ? Increasing burn total body surface area (TBSA) is associated with infectious complications with most frequent etiologies to include skin and soft-tissue infection (SSTI), pneumonia, bloodstream infection, and urinary tract infection ? The Trauma Infectious Disease Outcomes Study (TIDOS) is an observational study of short and long-term infectious complications associated with trauma sustained during deployment ? Descriptive understanding of the epidemiologic timing of infectious complications in our deployed soldiers with burn injuries will provide critical information for management of casualties and serve as important comparators to previously published burn data