Clinical profile and strain relatedness of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 37 (9) , 642-646
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540510043257
Abstract
We defined the molecular epidemiology of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia using pulsed field gel electrophoresis. We identified 27 patients, comprising 60 episodes; strain relatedness was demonstrated in 8 patients with isolates separated by up to 6 y. Carriage of pathogenic enterococci may be prolonged, although re-infection with novel strains is more commonly seen.Keywords
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