Genetic characteristics and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections and from colonized healthcare workers in a Belgian hospital

Background: Staphylococcus epidermidis is a pathogen that is frequently encountered in the hospital environment. Healthcare workers (HCWs) can serve as a reservoir for the transmission of S. epidermidis to patients.Methods: The aim of this study was to compare and identify differences between S. epidermidis isolated from 20 patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) and from the hands of 42 HCWs in the same hospital in terms of antimicrobial resistance, biofilm production, presence of the intercellular adhesion (ica) operon and genetic diversity (pulsed field gel electropho... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Cherifi, Soraya
Byl, Baudouin
Denis, Olivier
Deplano, Ariane
Nonhoff, Claire
Nagant, Carole
Hallin, Marie
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Schlagwörter: Microbiologie et protistologie [parasitologie hum. et anim.] / Microbiologie et protistologie [entomologie / phytoparasitolog.] / Microbiologie et protistologie [bacteriol.virolog.mycolog.] / Pathologie maladies infectieuses / Bacteremia -- epidemiology -- microbiology / Belgium -- epidemiology / Biofilms -- growth & development / Carrier State -- epidemiology -- microbiology / Catheter-Related Infections -- epidemiology -- microbiology / Cross Infection -- epidemiology -- microbiology / Drug Resistance / Bacterial / Electrophoresis / Gel / Pulsed-Field / Genetic Variation / Genotype / Health Personnel / Hospitals / Humans / Molecular Epidemiology / Multilocus Sequence Typing / Staphylococcal Infections -- epidemiology -- microbiology / Staphylococcus epidermidis -- classification -- drug effects -- genetics -- isolation & purification / Virulence Factors -- genetics / Catheter-related bloodstream infection / MLST / PFGE / Staphylococcus epidermidis
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/184056