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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2003, p. 1717-1719, Vol. 41, No. 4
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1717-1719.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Blood Isolates Shows Lack of Polyclonal Bacteremia

Riad Khatib,* Mamta Sharma, S. Anwar H. Naqvi, Kathleen Riederer, Mohammed O. Almoujahed, and Mohamad G. Fakih

St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan

Received 23 July 2002/ Returned for modification 27 September 2002/ Accepted 16 January 2003

Molecular analysis of the first blood culture from 41 patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and 20 bacteremia-associated catheter tip isolates revealed indistinguishable blood colonies in 39 patients (95.1%) and two related variants in two patients (4.9%). Polyclonal bacteremia was not observed in any patient, including four with genetic diversity in the catheter tip isolate.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: St. John Hospital & Medical Center, 22101 Moross Rd., Detroit, MI 48236. Phone: (313) 343-7837. Fax: (313) 343-7840. E-mail: riad.Khatib{at}stjohn.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2003, p. 1717-1719, Vol. 41, No. 4
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.4.1717-1719.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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