Is the inter-hospital clonal spread of serotype O12 Pseudomonas aeruginosaconnected with the patients' prolonged carriage duration? A multicentre survey

Authors
Bellon, O Chardon, H Hacini, J Watine, J Cavallo, JD Bajolet, O Cellier-Julienne, G Decotte, JC Delarbre, JM De Montclos, H Dubourdieu, B Grasmick, C Larroque, V Morel, A Morillon, M Nicolas-Chanoine, MH Otterbein, G Pierrejean, D Reveil, JC Texier-Maugein, J
Citation
O. Bellon et al., Is the inter-hospital clonal spread of serotype O12 Pseudomonas aeruginosaconnected with the patients' prolonged carriage duration? A multicentre survey, PATH BIOL, 49(8), 2001, pp. 620-623
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
PATHOLOGIE BIOLOGIE
ISSN journal
03698114 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
620 - 623
Database
ISI
SICI code
0369-8114(200110)49:8<620:ITICSO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In a recent study, patients infected or colonised with serotype O12 Pseudom onas aeruginosa remained carriers of this serotype for significantly longer periods of time than patients infected or colonised with other serotypes o f P. aeruginosa. The present study in 12 centres of the REUSSIR network, co nfirms this ecological observation on 10,506 serotypable isolates in 7,183 patients. This finding supports other arguments published in the biomedical literature, suggesting that infected or colonised patients might be the pr imary reservoirs of a prevalent European clone of P. aeruginosa serotype O1 2 that resists to multiple antibiotics. (C) 2001 Editions scientifiques et medicales Elsevier SAS.