Clinical profile and strain relatedness of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia

Allen C. Cheng Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USACorrespondence[email protected]

David R. Murdoch Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Lizzie J. Harrell Department of Molecular Genetics and MicrobiologyDuke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

L. Barth Reller Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Abstract

We defined the molecular epidemiology of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia using pulsed field gel electrophoresis. We identified 27 patients, comprising 60 episodes; strain relatedness was demonstrated in 8 patients with isolates separated by up to 6 y. Carriage of pathogenic enterococci may be prolonged, although re-infection with novel strains is more commonly seen.

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