Clinical and epidemiological investigations of acinetobacter genomospecies 3 in a neonatal intensive care unit
| Autor: | L. Dijkshoorn, I. Tjernberg, K.A. Bergman, L.A.A. Kollee, A.M. Horrevorts, I. Breuker |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Bacterial Male Microbiology (medical) Neonatal intensive care unit Acinetobacter junii Disturbances of cerebral development in the young child Drug resistance Microbiology Species Specificity Intensive Care Units Neonatal Environmental Microbiology Humans Medicine Prospective Studies GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g. dictionaries encyclopedias glossaries) Cross Infection Molecular Epidemiology Acinetobacter biology Molecular epidemiology business.industry Infant Newborn Nucleic Acid Hybridization Drug Resistance Microbial Gel electrophoresis of proteins biology.organism_classification Bacterial Typing Techniques Acinetobacter baumannii Cerebrale ontwikkelingsstoornissen bij het jonge kind Female Neisseriaceae business Acinetobacter Infections Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 33, pp. 1567-1572 Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 33, 6, pp. 1567-1572 Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 33, 1567-1572 |
| ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
| Popis: | A prospective study of Acinetobacter isolates from a neonatal intensive care unit was performed for 24 months. Fifty-six isolates were obtained from 21 patients, and another eight were obtained from environmental specimens. Infection due to Acinetobacter organisms was established for 16 patients, 6 with septicemia, 9 with pneumonia, and 1 with a wound infection. Further investigations were performed with 38 representative isolates. Twenty-nine isolates were identified as unnamed DNA-DNA hybridization group (genomospecies) 3, three were identified as genomospecies 2 (Acinetobacter baumannii), one was identified as genomospecies 5 (Acinetobacter junii), three were identified as genomospecies 14, and two were unclassified. Eight distinguishable protein profiles, coded I through VIII, were found by cell envelope protein electrophoresis. Profile V, a common profile, was observed for 17 isolates that had been recovered from 11 patients and 1 dust specimen. These isolates, all of which belonged to genomospecies 3, had similar antibiograms and biotypes. This study has revealed that genomospecies 3 can be associated with infection and be spread in hospitals. |
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