INDWELLING DEVICE-RELATED BACTEREMIA CAUSED BY SERUM-SUSCEPTIBLE CAMPYLOBACTER-COLI

Authors
HSUEH PR TENG LJ YANG PC HO SW LUH KT
Citation
Pr. Hsueh et al., INDWELLING DEVICE-RELATED BACTEREMIA CAUSED BY SERUM-SUSCEPTIBLE CAMPYLOBACTER-COLI, Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(8), 1997, pp. 2178-2180
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2178 - 2180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:8<2178:IDBCBS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Two isolates of serum-susceptible Campylobacter coli were recovered in a 7-day interval from blood! from a patient with hepatocellular carci noma and liver cirrhosis whose peritoneal-caval (Denver's) shunt malfu nctioned, Identical random amplified polymorphic DNA fingerprints, cel lular fatty acid chromatograms, and antibiograms of the two isolates i ndicate that, C. coli has the ability to cause catheter-related bacter emia following its colonization or the catheter.