Molecular typing of Agrobacterium species isolates from catheter-related bloodstream infections.
Agrobacterium isolates from intravenous catheters of three hospitalized patients were initially identified as A. tumefaciens, but inability to produce 3-ketolactose revealed that two of them were A. vitis. However, rDNA analysis correlated all of the isolates to A. tumefaciens. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis ascertained the nosocomial transmission of the infection.
Giammanco
Giovanni M
GM
Dipartimento di Igiene e Microbiologia, Università di Palermo, Italy.
Pignato
Sarina
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Santangelo
Carmelita
C
Grimont
Patrick A D
PA
Grimont
Francine
F
Giammanco
Giuseppe
G
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal