Thymidine-dependent Escherichia coli infection and some associated laboratory problems |
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| Authors: | Elizabeth I. Tanner and C. H. Bullin |
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| Affiliation: | .Public Health Laboratory, West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey |
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| Abstract: | The rapid emergence of a thymidine-dependent strain of Escherichia coli in a patient treated with co-trimoxazole is described. The organism was recovered from blood cultures during a septicaemia which developed after only a few days of co-trimoxazole treatment. The cultural characteristics of three thymidine-dependent strains were studied and a remarkable variation was found in their ability to grow on different batches of blood agar, depending upon the age of the plates and the type of agar base used. |
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