title: Genetic relationship between blood and nonblood isolates from bacteremic patients determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
abstract: A total of 148 isolates from 55 bacteremic patients were examined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Genetically different nonblood strains were isolated from 13.9% of patients with bacteremia caused by gram-positive cocci and 42.1% with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, indicating that antibiograms of a single nonblood P. aeruginosa isolate are not always informative for treatment of bacteremia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirakata
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mochida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izumikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maesaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomono
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamihira
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial