Staphylococcus epidermidis catheter-related infections in a short-bowel patient. Persistence of a single strain over a two-year period.
We report the case of a patient with short-bowel syndrome, who lost multiple central venous devices over the course of 2 years while treating his catheter-related septicemia. Genotyping proved that all infectious episodes were caused by a single genotype of a Staphylococcus epidermidis strain, persisting over time.
Voss
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University Hospital Nijmegen, Department of Medical Microbiology, The Netherlands.
Melchers
W J
WJ
Bijl
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Hoogkamp-Korstanje
J A
JA
Meis
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012008:Recurrence; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013997:Time Factors