UTILITY OF RIBOTYPING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC IN VESTIGATIONS OF XANTHOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA OUTBREAK IN A KIDNEY-TRANSPLANT UNIT

Authors
ZAMBARDI G MEUGNIER H TISSOTGUERRAZ F PERRAUD M LEFRANCOIS N MARTIN X FRENEY J FLEURETTE J
Citation
G. Zambardi et al., UTILITY OF RIBOTYPING TO EPIDEMIOLOGIC IN VESTIGATIONS OF XANTHOMONAS-MALTOPHILIA OUTBREAK IN A KIDNEY-TRANSPLANT UNIT, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 23(12), 1993, pp. 925-928
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
23
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
925 - 928
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1993)23:12<925:UORTEI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
For five months, an unusual number of Xanthomonas maltophilia strains isolated from a kidney transplant unit was noted. Both the antibiotic susceptibility and ribotyping patterns allowed the division of these s trains in five clusters. The ribotyping determination showed that one strain isolated from the condensation water of a refrigerator containi ng organ conservating fluid, was responsible for urinary tract infecti on in a transplanted patient.