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B J Rijnders1, E Van Wijngaerden, J Van Eldere, W E Peetermans.
Abstract
During a 4-month period we prospectively investigated the frequency of polyclonal catheter infections with Staphylococcus epidermidis. Of each catheter with pure growth of S. epidermidis, six colonies were genotypically analyzed with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Two out of 12 patients with catheter infection had a polyclonal infection. Both clones of each catheter had a clearly different antibiotic susceptibility. This study shows that polyclonal catheter infections are not exceptional. Further studies are needed to define the clinical consequences of polyclonal catheter infection.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11531990 DOI： 10.1046/j.1198-743x.2001.00272.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Microbiol Infect ISSN： 1198-743X Impact factor: 8.067