A TYPICAL CASE OF CROSS-ACQUISITION - THE IMPORTANCE OF GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL STRAINS

Authors
BONTEN MJM GAILLARD CA VANTIEL FH VANDERGEEST S STOBBERINGH EE
Citation
Mjm. Bonten et al., A TYPICAL CASE OF CROSS-ACQUISITION - THE IMPORTANCE OF GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL STRAINS, Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 16(7), 1995, pp. 415-416
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection control and hospital epidemiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0899823X
Volume
16
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
415 - 416
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-823X(1995)16:7<415:ATCOC->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A 33-year-old trauma patient died of Serratia marcescens pneumonia and septic shock. Isolates from this patient were phenotypically identica l to strains isolated from the only other intensive care unit patient colonized with S marcescens. Although cross-acquisition was suspected strongly, serotyping and plasmid analysis demonstrated that the isolat es were genotypically different, underscoring the importance of genoty pic characterization (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1995;16:415-416).