Ralstonia pickettii traced in blood culture bottles.
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.
Boutros
Névine
N
Department of Microbiology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France. nevine.boutros@abc.ap-hop-paris.fr
Gonullu
Nevriye
N
Casetta
Anne
A
Guibert
Michèle
M
Ingrand
Didier
D
Lebrun
Léa
L
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
D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial