TABLE 5.
Molecular genetic analysis of C. tropicalis fungemia and colonization in a neonatal ICU
| Patient and isolate no.a | Source | Isolation date (day/mo/yr) | Biotyping pattern
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HindIII | BstNI | (GACA)4 | RP02 | |||
| 1 | ||||||
| 498 | Perineum | 12/12/98 | A | A | A | A |
| 503 | Oral cavity | 12/12/98 | A | A | A | A |
| 663 | Blood | 17/12/98 | A | A | A | A |
| 2 | ||||||
| 517 | Oral cavity | 5/2/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 523 | Oral cavity | 16/2/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 3 | ||||||
| 519 | Oral cavity | 15/2/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 581 | Perineum | 15/3/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 4 | ||||||
| 587 | Oral cavity | 17/3/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 5 | ||||||
| 555b | Perineum | 9/3/99 | C | C | C | C |
| 6 | ||||||
| 529 | Oral cavity | 23/2/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 577 | Oral cavity | 15/3/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 7 | ||||||
| 583 | Perineum | 17/3/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 585 | Oral cavity | 17/3/99 | B | B | B | B |
| 661 | Blood | 18/3/99 | B | B | B | B |
| Controls | ||||||
| NIH 719c | Lung | 18/3/99 | D | D | D | D |
| ATCC 750c | E | E | E | E | ||
| ATCC 1369c | F | F | F | F | ||
a
Patients 1 and 7 are patients 3 and 4 in Table 1.
b
C. albicans blinded control strain.
c
C. tropicalis control strains.