title: Ralstonia pickettii traced in blood culture bottles.
abstract: Over a 9-month period, 14 strains of Ralstonia pickettii were isolated from various biological samples inoculated in a blood culture medium. Molecular epidemiological investigation confirmed the relatedness of the strains. The source of the contamination proved to be the blood culture bottle caps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France. nevine.boutros@abc.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: Névine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boutros
authors.forename: Nevriye
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gonullu
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casetta
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guibert
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ingrand
authors.forename: Léa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lebrun
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D001483:Base Sequence; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001769:Blood; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial