title: Molecular typing of Agrobacterium species isolates from catheter-related bloodstream infections.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Igiene e Microbiologia, Università di Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Giammanco
authors.forename: Sarina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pignato
authors.forename: Carmelita
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santangelo
authors.forename: Patrick A D
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grimont
authors.forename: Francine
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grimont
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giammanco
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal