STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS IN A SHORT-BOWEL PATIENT - PERSISTENCE OF A SINGLE STRAIN OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD

Authors
VOSS A MELCHERS WJG BIJL D HOOGKAMPKORSTANJE JAA MEIS JFGM
Citation
A. Voss et al., STAPHYLOCOCCUS-EPIDERMIDIS CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS IN A SHORT-BOWEL PATIENT - PERSISTENCE OF A SINGLE STRAIN OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 17(10), 1996, pp. 669-671
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
17
Issue
10
Year of publication
1996
Pages
669 - 671
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1996)17:10<669:SCIIAS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report the case of a patient with short-bowel syndrome, who lost mu ltiple central venous devices over the course of 2 years while treatin g his catheter-related septicemia. Genotyping proved that all infectio us episodes were caused by a single genotype of a Staphylococcus epide rmidis strain, persisting over time.