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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-4-28
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| pubmed:abstractText |
We compared serotypes, virulence factors and susceptibility to antibiotics of Escherichia coli strains isolated from 282 patients with bacteraemia. Thirty-five of these were neutropenic patients with haematological malignancy and 247 were patients with a normal or raised total white blood cell count and no haematological malignancy. Strains isolated from recurrent bacteraemia were also bio- and ribotyped. Overall, no significant difference was found between O serogroups, K antigens, serum sensitivity, production of haemolysin, expression of P-fimbriae and patterns of antibiotic susceptibility in the two groups of strains. The haematological patients more often than the non-haematological patients had an unknown focus of infection, recurrent bacteraemia, shorter intervals between recurrences and recurrences caused by identical strains. Despite a well-defined focus, six of eight non-haematological patients had recurrences with a strain different from the strain isolated in a previous episode. A possible connection between shorter intervals and recurrence with identical strains is discussed. We suggest that strains from recurrent E. coli bacteraemia are sent to a reference laboratory for serotyping and possibly ribotyping.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jan
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| pubmed:issn |
0163-4453
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
36
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
93-100
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Anti-Bacterial Agents,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Bacteremia,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Escherichia coli,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Escherichia coli Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Hematologic Neoplasms,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Microbial Sensitivity Tests,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Neutropenia,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Recurrence,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Serotyping,
pubmed-meshheading:9515676-Virulence
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| pubmed:year |
1998
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Escherichia coli bacteraemia in patients with and without haematological malignancies: a study of strain characters and recurrent episodes.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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