Nosocomial bacteremia caused by biofilm-forming Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 791-796

  Kuroki, Reiki ^a   Kawakami, Kenji ^b   Qin, Liang ^c   Kaji, Chiharu ^a   Watanabe, Kiwao ^a   Kimura, Yumiko ^b   Ishiguro, Chiaki ^d   Tanimura, Shinobu ^d   Tsuchiya, Yukiko ^d   Hamaguchi, Ichiro ^d   Sakakura, Mitsuru ^d   Sakabe, Shigetoshi ^d   Tsuji, Kota ^d   Inoue, Masakazu ^d   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d ISE RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus species; Biofilm; Nosocomial bacteremia; PFGE; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 67649908917     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1885     Document Type: Article

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