Genomic species identification is important to delineate the pathological characteristics of Acinetobacter in tunnelled, cuffed haemodialysis catheter-related bacteraemia

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Mar;22(3):936-8. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfl785. Epub 2007 Jan 8.

Authors

Te-Li Chen¹, Chiao-Lin Chuang, Leung-Kei Siu, Chang-Phone Fung, Wen-Long Cho

Affiliation

¹ School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan.

PMID: 17210598
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl785

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter / genetics*
Acinetobacter / isolation & purification
Acinetobacter Infections / diagnosis
Acinetobacter Infections / drug therapy
Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology*
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteremia / diagnosis
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Catheters, Indwelling / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
Diagnosis, Differential
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure
Genome, Bacterial*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Renal Dialysis / adverse effects
Renal Dialysis / instrumentation*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial