Genetic relationship between blood and nonblood isolates from bacteremic patients determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
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.
Matsuda
J
J
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.
Hirakata
Y
Y
Iori
F
F
Mochida
C
C
Ozaki
Y
Y
Nakano
M
M
Izumikawa
K
K
Yamaguchi
T
T
Yoshida
R
R
Miyazaki
Y
Y
Maesaki
S
S
Tomono
K
K
Yamada
Y
Y
Kohno
S
S
Kamihira
S
S
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
D004269:DNA, Bacterial