title: Molecular analysis of Staphylococcus aureus blood isolates shows lack of polyclonal bacteremia.
abstract: Molecular analysis of the first blood culture from 41 patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and 20 bacteremia-associated catheter tip isolates revealed indistinguishable blood colonies in 39 patients (95.1%) and two related variants in two patients (4.9%). Polyclonal bacteremia was not observed in any patient, including four with genetic diversity in the catheter tip isolate.
authors.affiliation: St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA. riad.Khatib@stjohn.org
authors.forename: Riad
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khatib
authors.forename: Mamta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S Anwar H
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Naqvi
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Riederer
authors.forename: Mohammed O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Almoujahed
authors.forename: Mohamad G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Fakih
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial