GENETIC-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD AND NONBLOOD ISOLATES FROM BACTEREMIC PATIENTS DETERMINED BY PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS

Authors
MATSUDA J HIRAKATA Y IORI F MOCHIDA C OZAKI Y NAKANO M IZUMIKAWA K YAMAGUCHI T YOSHIDA R MIYAZAKI Y MAESAKI S TOMONO K YAMADA Y KOHNO S KAMIHIRA S
Citation
J. Matsuda et al., GENETIC-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BLOOD AND NONBLOOD ISOLATES FROM BACTEREMIC PATIENTS DETERMINED BY PULSED-FIELD GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(10), 1998, pp. 3081-3084
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3081 - 3084
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:10<3081:GBBANI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A total of 148 isolates from 55 bacteremic patients were examined by p ulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Genetically different nonblood strain s were isolated from 13.9% of patients with bacteremia caused by gramp ositive cocci and 42.1% with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, indica ting that antibiograms of a single nonblood P. aeruginosa isolate are not always informative for treatment of bacteremia.