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Objectives: A multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli clonal group (designated CgA) has been isolated from women with cystitis and pyelonephritis in several communities. This study was designed to determine if CgA can cause communityacquired bloodstream infections. Methods: All community-acquired bloodstream infections caused by E. coli identified at the San Francisco General Hospital between May 2001 and May 2003 were included. The diagnosis of septicemia was based on admission diagnosis. E. coli isolates were characterized by antibiotic susceptibility profile, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC2) PCR, serogrouping, and pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Results: A total of 127 individuals with a community-acquired bloodstream infection were identified; 48 (39%) were trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT)-resistant. CgA, as defined by ERIC2 PCR, was responsible for 19 (15%) of these infections. Infection with a CgA isolate was associated with an admission diagnosis of cystitis or pyelonephritis (pZ0.01).

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Author

Amee R. Manges; Françoise Perdreau-Remington; Owen Solberg; Lee W. Riley

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0163-4453)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)