Abstract
Four patients in an oncology ward developed Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia over a 12-day period. Cross-infection between two of them, due to an imipenem-resistant strain, was demonstrated by epidemiological investigation and genotypic typing methods (arbitrarily primed PCR fingerprinting and nucleotide sequencing of the cfiA genes and upstream IS1186/IS1168 elements).
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Bacteremia / epidemiology
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Bacteremia / microbiology
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Bacterial Proteins*
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Bacteroides Infections / epidemiology
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Bacteroides Infections / microbiology
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Bacteroides fragilis / classification*
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Bacteroides fragilis / drug effects*
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Bacteroides fragilis / genetics
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Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects*
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Cross Infection / epidemiology
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Cross Infection / microbiology*
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DNA, Bacterial / analysis
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial
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Female
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Genotype
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Humans
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Imipenem / pharmacology*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Neoplasms / complications
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Thienamycins / pharmacology*
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beta-Lactamases / genetics
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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DNA, Bacterial
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Thienamycins
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Imipenem
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beta-Lactamases
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carbapenemase