Genetic relationship between blood and nonblood isolates from bacteremic patients determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Oct;36(10):3081-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.10.3081-3084.1998.

Abstract

A total of 148 isolates from 55 bacteremic patients were examined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Genetically different nonblood strains were isolated from 13.9% of patients with bacteremia caused by gram-positive cocci and 42.1% with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia, indicating that antibiograms of a single nonblood P. aeruginosa isolate are not always informative for treatment of bacteremia.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / blood
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / microbiology*
  • DNA, Bacterial / blood
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / methods
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / blood
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / genetics*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Pseudomonas Infections / blood
  • Pseudomonas Infections / diagnosis*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial