Evidence for the genetic unrelatedness of nosocomial Alcaligenes xylosoxidans strains in a pediatric hospital.
Restriction fragment-length polymorphism of ribosomal DNA and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis were used to study the relationships among nine isolates of Alcaligenes xylosoxidans obtained from seven children in a pediatric hospital. All the children harbored only genotypically unrelated strains, thus excluding a common source of exposure or patient-to-patient strain transfer.
Benaoudia
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Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
Bingen
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D000293:Adolescent; D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
D004269:DNA, Bacterial