Genomic and epidemiological evidence of bacterial transmission from probiotic capsule to blood in ICU patients

Nature Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2019, Pages 1728-1732

  Yelin, Idan ^a   Flett, Kelly B ^b,c,f   Merakou, Christina ^b,c   Mehrotra, Preeti ^b,d   Stam, Jason ^e   Snesrud, Erik ^e   Hinkle, Mary ^e   Lesho, Emil ^e   McGann, Patrick ^e   McAdam, Alexander J ^b,c   Sandora, Thomas J ^b,c   Kishony, Roy ^a   Priebe, Gregory P ^b,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Eastover Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; BACTERIAL GENOME; DIARRHEA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BACTEREMIA; DIARRHEA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LACTOBACILLUS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROBIOTICS; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85074825597     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0626-9     Document Type: Article

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