Recurrent catheter-related infection caused by a single clone of Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes

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作者
Hsueh, PR
Teng, LJ
Yang, PC
Chen, YC
Ho, SW
Luh, KT
机构
[1] Natl Taiwan Univ Hosp, Dept Lab Med, Taipei, Taiwan
[2] Natl Taiwan Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Taipei, Taiwan
[3] Natl Taiwan Univ, Coll Med, Sch Med Technol, Taipei 10018, Taiwan
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10.1128/JCM.36.5.1422-1424.1998
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
We describe herein a recurrent catheter-related (Port-A-Cath; Smiths Industries Medical Systems [SIMS] Deltec, Inc., St. Paul, Minn.) infection caused by multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium chelonae with two colonial morphotypes in a 53-year-old woman with gastric adenocarcinoma. Four isolates recovered from this patient within a 3-month period were found to belong to a single clone on the basis of the isolates' identical antibiotypes as determined by the E test and their identical random amplified polymorphic DNA patterns.
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