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. 2018 Mar 7;9:417. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00417

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Copyright © 2018 Ehlers, Strasheim, Lowe, Ueckermann and Kock.

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Genetic relatedness of catheter and blood culture S. epidermidis isolates implicated in CRBSI events (with the blue blocks representing the major pulsotypes). AC, arterial catheter; BC, blood culture; CTSICU, cardiothoracic surgery ICU; CVP, central venous catheter; GSFW, general surgery female ward; HCM, high care, multidisciplinary; MPICU, medical and pulmonology ICU; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; NSW, neurosurgery ward; NT, not typeable; OW, oncology ward; PSW, paediatric surgery ward; POMW, plastic/maxillofacial ward; ST, sequence type; STICU, surgery and trauma ICU; VC, VasCath; VSW, vascular surgery ward. Banding patterns of the catheter culture and BC isolates showing ≥80% similarity were clonal. Please note that isolates 14.5, 20.1, 26.2, 28.5, and 42.5 were untypeable and not included in the dendrogram.