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Molecular typing of Agrobacterium species isolates from catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Giuseppe GiammancoCarmelita SantangeloSarina PignatoGiovanni M. GiammancoFrancine GrimontPatrick A. D. Grimont

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Microbiology (medical)DNA BacterialMaleRhizobiaceaeEpidemiologyAgrobacteriumBacteremiaDNA RibosomalMicrobiologyCatheterizationMolecular typingHumansTypingGel electrophoresisCross InfectionbiologyMiddle Agedbiology.organism_classificationVirologyElectrophoresis Gel Pulsed-FieldCatheterInfectious DiseasesAgrobacterium speciesEquipment ContaminationBacteriaRhizobium

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AbstractAgrobacteriumisolates from intravenous catheters of three hospitalized patients were initially identified asA. tumefaciens,but inability to produce 3-ketolactose revealed that two of them wereA. vitis.However, rDNA analysis correlated all of the isolates toA. tumefaciens.Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis ascertained the nosocomial transmission of the infection.

10.1086/502315https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15518035