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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2666-2667, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2666-2667.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Ralstonia pickettii Traced in Blood Culture Bottles

Névine Boutros,1* Nevriye Gonullu,2 Anne Casetta,1 Michèle Guibert,1 Didier Ingrand,1 and Léa Lebrun1

Department of Microbiology, Antoine Béclère Hospital, Clamart, France,1 Istanbul University, Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Istanbul, Turkey2

Received 27 November 2001/ Returned for modification 9 February 2002/ Accepted 6 March 2002

Over a 9-month period, 14 strains of Ralstonia pickettii were isolated from various biological samples inoculated in a blood culture medium. Molecular epidemiological investigation confirmed the relatedness of the strains. The source of the contamination proved to be the blood culture bottle caps.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 157 rue de la Porte de Trivaux, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 01 45 37 46 31. Fax: (33) 01 46 32 67 96. E-mail: nevine.boutros{at}abc.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2666-2667, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2666-2667.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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