Plasmid DNA analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from blood and colonization cultures in very low birth weight neonates
| Autor: | Margaret E. Dragoon, John W. Reynolds, Virginia H. Morthland, Susan A. Potter, Alan I. Hartstein, Jorge H. Crosa, Miguel A. Valvano |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Microbiology (medical)
DNA Bacterial Micrococcaceae Umbilicus (mollusc) Microbiology Catheterization Sepsis Plasmid Staphylococcus epidermidis Medicine Humans Colonization Prospective Studies biology Umbilicus business.industry Infant Newborn Infant Low Birth Weight Staphylococcal Infections biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Catheter Infectious Diseases Bacteremia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health business Plasmids |
| Zdroj: | The Pediatric infectious disease journal. 7(2) |
| ISSN: | 0891-3668 |
| Popis: | We prospectively studied the course of colonization and sepsis with Staphylococcus epidermidis among 29 very low birth weight neonates undergoing prolonged umbilical catheterization. S. epidermidis bacteremia occurred in 7 patients. In 6 bacteremia was preceded by positive colonization cultures. Isolates obtained from nares, base of umbilicus, umbilical catheter entry sites, catheter tips and blood were examined for plasmid DNA profiles. In 4 patients the plasmid profiles of the catheter entry site isolates were identical with those of the blood isolates. In the other 3 bacteremic patients plasmid profiles of the catheter entry site and blood isolates were different. No correlation was observed in the plasmid DNA patterns of isolates obtained from catheter tip cultures as compared to the corresponding blood cultures. The blood isolates from bacteremic patients had different plasmid profiles. |
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