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Genetic Relationship between Blood and Nonblood Isolates from Bacteremic Patients Determined by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis |
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| Authors: | Junichi Matsuda Yoichi Hirakata Fumiaki Iori Chikako Mochida Yumi Ozaki Michiko Nakano Kohichi Izumikawa Toshiyuki Yamaguchi Ryoji Yoshida Yoshitsugu Miyazaki Shigefumi Maesaki Kazunori Tomono Yasuaki Yamada Shigeru Kohno Shimeru Kamihira |
| Affiliation: | Department of Laboratory Medicine,1. and Second Department of Internal Medicine,2. Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan |
| 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. |
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