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Fig. 3

From: Using adenosine triphosphate bioluminescence level monitoring to identify bacterial reservoirs during two consecutive Enterococcus faecium and Staphylococcus capitis nosocomial infection outbreaks at a neonatal intensive care unit

Fig. 3

Dendrogram of a E. faecium PFGE types from all four patients (A-7, A-8, A-9, B-8), environmental cultures, and keyboard 1 of the main station showing identical strains, and b S. capitis PFGE types from all three patients (A-2, A-16, B-8), HCW’s hand cultures, and environmental cultures. Two different S. capitis strains were found to be the cause of sepsis in the patients. Results showed that 77.8% of the S. capitis identified from HCWs were the same strain that caused the S. capitis sepsis in patients A-2 and A-16. The remaining 22.2% were the same strain that caused sepsis in patient B-8. The environments surrounding patients A-2 and A-16 were also found to be contaminated with the same S. capitis strain. HCW, health care worker; PFGE, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

ISSN: 2047-2994

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