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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 42, Issue 3 156-160, Copyright © 1995 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Chronic bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus epidermidis after bone marrow transplantation

B. Lina, F. Forey, J. D. Tigaud and J. Fleurette
Departement de Recherche en Bacteriologie Medicale (EA 1655), Faculte de Medecine Alexis Carrel, Lyon, France.

A chronic bacteraemia due to Staphylococcus epidermidis occurred in a patient undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. Forty-two S. epidermidis isolates were obtained from blood cultures over a period of 5 months. Isolates were separated into three groups by SmaI macrorestriction characterisation with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFE-1, one isolate; PFE-2, 32 isolates; PFE-3, nine isolates). Differences were detected in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among isolates belonging to group PFE-2. The two strains, PFE-2 and PFE-3, were both responsible for the chronic bacteraemia and were isolated during different admissions to the hospital. A central venous catheter was the portal of entry for PFE-2. DNA macro-restriction analysis with pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was helpful in the epidemiological investigation of this S. epidermidis chronic bacteraemia.


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